{"id":9713,"date":"2021-05-06T07:28:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T07:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=9713"},"modified":"2021-05-03T13:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:29:39","slug":"what-is-a-question-marks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/what-is-a-question-marks\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a &#8216;question mark&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>What is a &#8216;question marks&#8217;?<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p>INDEX OF CONTENTS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most typical questions<\/li>\n<li>Direct question and rhetorical question<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>A question mark is a device used to convert a statement into a question.\u00a0<strong>It almost always consists of a pronoun, an auxiliary verb, and sometimes the word no.\u00a0<\/strong>Although it begins as a statement, the question mark prevails when it comes to the final mark.<\/p>\n<p>As can be seen when the statement is positive, the question mark is expressed in the negative;\u00a0<strong>when the statement is negative, the label question is positive.\u00a0<\/strong>(There are some exceptions to this, often expressing an element of surprise or sarcasm: &#8220;So you&#8217;ve made your first million, right?&#8221; &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s your plan, right?&#8221;):<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Most typical questions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He should quit smoking, shouldn\u2019t he?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deber\u00eda dejar de fumar, \u00bfno?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He shouldn\u2019t have quit his diet, should he?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No deber\u00eda haber dejado su dieta, \u00bfverdad?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They\u2019re not doing very well, are they?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No lo est\u00e1n haciendo muy bien, \u00bfverdad?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tenga cuidado<\/strong>\u00a0de no poner un signo de interrogaci\u00f3n al final de una pregunta indirecta.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The instructor asked the students what they were doing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>El instructor pregunt\u00f3 a los estudiantes qu\u00e9 estaban haciendo.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I asked my sister if she had a date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Le pregunt\u00e9 a mi hermana si ten\u00eda una cita.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wonder if Cheney will run for vice president again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Me pregunto si Cheney volver\u00e1 a postularse para vicepresidente.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wonder whether Cheney will run again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Me pregunto si Cheney volver\u00e1 a correr.<\/p>\n<h4>You have to be careful of &#8230;<\/h4>\n<p><strong>distinguishing between an indirect question and a question that is within a sentence\u00a0<\/strong>that we want to end with a question mark.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>We can get to Boston quicker, can\u2019t we, if we take the interstate?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Podemos llegar a Boston m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido, \u00bfno, si tomamos la interestatal?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>His question was, can we end this statement with a question mark?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Su pregunta fue, \u00bfpodemos terminar esta declaraci\u00f3n con un signo de interrogaci\u00f3n?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>She ended her remarks with a resounding why not?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Termin\u00f3 sus comentarios con un rotundo \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>I wonder: will Cheney run for office again?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Me pregunto: \u00bfCheney volver\u00e1 a postularse para el cargo?<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"directa\">Direct question and rhetorical question<\/h2>\n<p>Put a question mark at the end of a sentence that is, in fact,\u00a0<strong>a direct question<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0(Sometimes writers just forget.)\u00a0<strong>Rhetorical questions<\/strong> (asked when an answer is not expected) are questions and deserve to end with a question mark:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>How else should we end them, after all?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfDe qu\u00e9 otra manera deber\u00edamos acabar con ellos, despu\u00e9s de todo?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What if I said to you, \u201cYou\u2019ve got a real problem here\u201d? (Notice that the question mark here comes after the quotation mark and there is no period at the end of the statement.)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa si te digo: \u201cTienes un problema real aqu\u00ed\u201d?<\/p>\n<h3>Sometimes\u00a0<strong>a question will end with a series of short questions<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/h3>\n<p>When that happens, especially when the short questions are more or less follow-up questions to the main question, each of the small ones can start with a lowercase letter and end with a question mark.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Who is responsible for executing the plan? the coach? coaching staff? players?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00bfQui\u00e9n es responsable de ejecutar el plan? \u00bfel entrenador? el cuerpo t\u00e9cnico? \u00bflos jugadores?<\/p>\n<p>If a question mark is part of an\u00a0<strong>italicized or underlined title<\/strong>\u00a0, make sure the question mark is also italicized:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>My favorite book is Where Did He Go?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mi libro favorito es \u00bf\u2019Where did he go\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>(Do not add a period after a sentence that ends with the question mark in the title. 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