I recently received by email this sentence:
Please tell me if the problem is now solved.
I usually answer any email I receive that have questions. This sentence is not a question because it does not have a question mark. However it seems legit to interpret this sentence as a question and then I should answer the non-question.
Is it syntactically correct to write this sentence without question mark?
Answer
This sentence is not a question, so should not be written with a question mark. This is as there is no question word (was, has etc.). What this is, however, is a request: the “command” word “tell” indicates that it is an instruction. (command words are composed of the infinitive form without “to” in this case “to tell” –> “tell”)
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : nowox , Answer Author : Callum Mcshane
