http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.29165)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8790Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8790Guest0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8790http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8790.xmlAgreed. If the 'Could you' was omitted at the start then the sentence is turned into a command so the question mark is not needed. With the 'Could you' included I believe that it is a question so should include a question mark.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8751Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8751ryan smith1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8751http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8751.xmlI think he means that it's a nasty question. I agree. However, a question is a question. What's meant to be rhetorical is a matter of interpretation. I vote for using a question mark.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8746Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8746Ryan2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8746http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8746.xml'curly one' means?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8724Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8724Mike in Japan3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8724http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8724.xmlThat's a curly one Ryan. You may be right, but I'm not sure.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8611Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8611Ryan4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8611http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8611.xmlDear Mike, A question mark is not used to end the sentence. This is because it is intended to be a request that expects no replies (rhetorical question). Am I right? Ryanhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8182Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8182Mike in Japan5http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8182http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8182.xmlPerhaps the comma is not neccessary, but I don't think it does any harm.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8181Sun, 24 May 2009 18:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8181Mike in Japan6http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htm#8181http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8181.xmlSeems O.K. to me Ryan.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htmTue, 24 Feb 2009 19:27:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:8158Ryan7http://www.englishforums.com/English/Punctuation/bldp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-8158.xmlI came across the sentence below in a dictionary. Are the punctuation marks correctly used? Could you please keep quiet, so that you won't waken the baby. Ryan