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Title: Guess what?
Post by: Mr. Anderson on May 26, 2006, 04:22:37 PM

Why is this always written with a question mark?  It's a command and should have a period, shouldn't it?

Title: Guess what?
Post by: Jonathon on May 26, 2006, 05:17:08 PM

Yup. However, it often has somewhat of a rising inflection, not unlike a question, and then of course there's the word what in there. I think those two things together throw a lot of people off.

Title: Guess what?
Post by: rivka on May 26, 2006, 06:41:27 PM

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Why is this always written with a question mark?

It is not infrequently written with an exclamation point.

*ducks thrown objects*

Title: Guess what?
Post by: Mr. Anderson on May 26, 2006, 06:54:01 PM

"Sooner or later, this forum is going to max out on hyperliteralness."

Title: Guess what?
Post by: Porter on May 26, 2006, 09:12:01 PM

Hey.  That's my sig. :pirate:

Title: Guess what?
Post by: Teshi on May 28, 2006, 04:31:06 PM

I never thought about this before.

*paradigm shift* :huh: