punctuation question

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Anonymous

#363083 Thu, 10 May 07 07:35 PM

My daughters and I are having a dispute over a punctuation question. We aren't sure what punctuation goes at the end of this:

I was wondering if the 18" high comment refers to the back of the sofa or the seat

Thanks for any insight.

Anonymous

Punctuation

Yoong Liat

#363091 Thu, 10 May 07 07:56 PM

Anonymous wrote:

My daughters and I are having a dispute over a punctuation question. We aren't sure what punctuation goes at the end of this:

I was wondering if the 18" high comment refers to the back of the sofa or the seat

Thanks for any insight.

A full stop is required.

Yoong Liat

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Punctuation

Grammar Geek

#363118 Thu, 10 May 07 09:24 PM

Well, it's not really always clear. I assume you're wondering whether to use a ? or a . If you said it out loud and the rising inflection showed it to be a question, I can see using a question mark.

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Punctuation, Question marks, Inflections

Anonymous

#363213 Fri, 11 May 07 03:30 AM

The sentence is a declarative statement and requires a period at the end. If you said (or wrote): "I was wondering: Does the 18" high comment refer to the back of the sofa or the seat?"...then a question mark would be appropriate.

Anonymous

Punctuation, Question marks