By Question marks, Dates

Your date of birth, please? ( It's not wrong to insert a question mark.)You could say "May I know your date of birth, please?"

Clive wrote: Hi, Yes. We often ask questions by using such phrases rather than complete sentences. The question is indicated by our stress and tone of voice. It's customary to use a question mark in these cases, but of course only if we write it since we don't 'speak' question marks. Best...

Hi, Yes. We often ask questions by using such phrases rather than complete sentences. The question is indicated by our stress and tone of voice. It's customary to use a question mark in these cases, but of course only if we write it since we don't 'speak' question marks. Best wishes, Clive

Jackson6612 wrote:Could question mark be with the following sentence? Your date of birth, please?Could a question mark be used in the following sentence?Your date of birth, please? ( It's not wrong to insert a question mark.)

Could question mark be with the following sentence? Your date of birth, please?

Yes, the question mark makes a big difference. There is a usage, not often used these days, in which Who that can begin a question, but not a statement. Marius has already given examples in previous posts in this thread, and you should definitely look them over. Maybe Marius can specify the...