- A question mark is placed at the end of a sentence to ask a question.
EXAMPLE: Who's that man wearing a cowboy hat? / Could you wait here for me, please?
EXAMPLE: Did you see the movie entitled "The three legged man?"
- A full stop/period or comma is not used after a question.
EXAMPLE: "Do you understand what I have been saying?" Jennifer asked me.
NOT: "Do you understand what I have been saying?", Jennifer asked me.
- A question mark is used after a question that ends with an abbreviation.
EXAMPLE: You said you saw the UFO at about 7 p.m.?
- When a question is being reported and not directly asked, a period, not a question mark, is used.
EXAMPLE: She asked, "What are you looking at?" (direct question with question mark)
EXAMPLE: She asked what I was looking at. (indirect question with no question mark)
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