May I request you to kindly collect the brief? or May I request you to kindly collect the brief. Which of the above two sentences is correctly punctuated? Added afterwards: This request is to be made to a very senior official. This request is meant to be a polite form of asking the official to … Read more
Suppose there is a sentence in question form, like the one appearing below: Where do you belong to? Now, if a speaker refers to that question, he will frame another sentence and will place the question in the quotation marks in that sentence, like what is appearing below: They said, “Where do you belong to?” … Read more
I reproduce below a question: “Which of the following is correct: 1. If you so desire, you may download the content. 2. You may download the content, if you so desire.” The question should take a question mark, as is usual with any question. I have no idea where the question mark could be placed … Read more
How do you indicate a question (as in an uncertain statement) mid-sentence? My first thought was: "That’s Fred and his—cousin?—by the punch bowl." But if you take out the parenthetical, you’re left with: "That’s Fred and his by the punch bowl." Which makes no sense. I considered this: "That’s Fred and his cousin(?) by the … Read more
Like this: She hated the charity, but Tom would just shrug it off and tell her if people didn’t help each other out now and then, what good was living? Answer The crucial signal for deciding whether a sentence like the one the OP provides should end with a question mark or with a period … Read more
When I ask multiple questions at once should I break it up into multiple sentences and capitalize the first letter at the beginning of each question(?), or should I use one question mark at the very end? For example: “Is it where my heart is? where my family is? or wherever I feel most at … Read more
For example, if I want to ask a question that says: Where is, “You know nothing, Jon Snow” should I punctuate it as Where is, “You know nothing, Jon Snow?” or Where is, “You know nothing, Jon Snow.”? or Where is, “You know nothing, Jon Snow,”? Answer In Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) 6.70 Question … Read more
Consider the following What are you laughing at, my silly hat? and What are you laughing at? My silly hat? Which of these is correctly punctuated, and if the first example is correct, what is the name of the grammatical structure? Would the noun phrase after the comma be considered a parenthetical phrase? Is it … Read more
Maybe by joining that religion I’d be able to understand myself, and who knew? Maybe I’d find the meaning of life. Maybe by joining that religion I’d be able to understand myself, and, who knew, maybe I’d find the meaning of life. Maybe by joining that religion I’d be able to understand myself, and who … Read more
I’m confused as to if do we actually know where we are going any more is a question or not, because of the ‘do’ I think yes but when read it seems like a sentence. Answer Apart from the gut reaction “yes, it is a question because, um, it just is”, we can actually approach … Read more
