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Punctuation used for a rhetorical question

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Guest  +  81732 Wed, 16 Mar 05 10:27 PM
Is is necessary to use a question mark at the end of rhetorical question? Here is my sentence:

Do we not now know that the "grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men."

I have italicized the quote.

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MrPedantic  +  81749 Thu, 17 Mar 05 12:07 AM
I would use a ? here, Guest:

1. Do we not now know that the "grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men"?

– and in most 'rhetorical questions'.

If you're writing 'literary' English, it's permissible to omit the question mark after a rhetorical question; especially in a passage of fiction that is supposed to represent 'thought'.

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