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Question marks and full stops - dont be shy stop by and tell me.

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jellyjelly · 06/05/2009 20:52

When you are using a question mark at the end of a sentance where do you put the full stop.

Have confused brain now and both look wrong.

Dont be shy give it a try.

thanks

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IWantedThatName · 06/05/2009 20:53

The question mark is the full stop (I think)

FigmentOfYourImagination · 06/05/2009 20:54

You do not use a full stop and a question mark together. The question mark acts as the full stop.

Like this

Do you understand ?

Not like

Do you understand?.

FigmentOfYourImagination · 06/05/2009 20:55

(same with exclamation marks)

madlentileater · 06/05/2009 20:56

That's correct!
The same applies to exclamation marks, doesn't it?

madlentileater · 06/05/2009 20:57

x-post

IWantedThatName · 06/05/2009 20:58

: ? ! all have a full stop in them
; has a comma within it.

No need to double up on punctuation.

jellyjelly · 06/05/2009 21:02

So if you are alwasy askiing a question it shoudl have a space then question mark not straight after ie no space? or space ?

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castille · 06/05/2009 21:04

No space in English.

But oddly the French always put spaces before question and exclamation marks.

FigmentOfYourImagination · 06/05/2009 21:08

no space. My mistake!

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