Hi, I'm writing a story, should I use a period in the following bold sentence (and does the bold sentence contain any mistakes?): I thought catching a criminal would be easy. Oh how wrong I was to believe it would be easy. Or

I'm writing a story, should I use a period in the following bold sentence (and does the bold sentence contain any mistakes?): I thought catching a criminal would be easy. Oh how wrong I was to believe it would be easy. Or should I use a

No, the mistake was mine. I mistakenly added a question mark to his statement, thinking incorrectly that a question was intended. It is fine as it was originally stated: It is wrong for people to have extramarital affairs.

The word "I" is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or a question mark or exclamation mark). You still seem to think that these things aren't important, despite having been

Used without a question mark, "Was my face red!" would almost certainly have an exclamation point. It's a stand-alone exclamation expressing extreme embarrassment, usually over some stupid error of great magnitude. Of course it may

Thanks, Mr Wordy! The question mark is my common mistake. Sorry.

Are you asking how a phrase can function as a question? Yes. How do you come to the conclusion that I don't know how a phrase could be a question?  Because you said, It is as defined by Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English . You could

Question 1: Isn't a question always a sentence? Yes, a question is a sentence, but a sentence without a question mark is not a question. You, yourself, said in your earlier post that a question can also be a phrase. Perhaps, that was a

Hi Koh, Question 1: Isn't a question always a sentence? Yes, a question is a sentence, but a sentence without a question mark is not a question. You, yourself, said in your earlier post that a question can also be a phrase. Perhaps, that was

Hi Koh, Question 1: Isn't a question always a sentence? Yes, a question is a sentence, but a sentence without a question mark is not a question. You, yourself, said in your earlier post that a question can also be a phrase. Perhaps, that was