Affirmations with question marks

Today I was reviewing some code on GitHub, and end up with the following sentence/question:

So, are you using a context to update a record? That makes no sense. 

I know that verbs and subjects are “swapped” when used in questions. What about affirmations with a question tone? Should it be written like this?

So, you are using a context to update a record? That makes no sense. 

Answer

Yes, the way you have it written is correct.

I do not know the word for this form, but as @sxpmaths said, it carries an implication of rebuke, or incredulity. You could make it more explicit with a tag, for example:

So, you are using a context to update a record, are you?

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Source : Link , Question Author : Wikiti , Answer Author : JeffSahol

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