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Topic: Grammar debate

Homestar !RUNNERV7vk started this discussion 15 years ago #1,802

Grammar nazi fight off...

Why don't you try cooking it in the microwave.
Why don't you try cooking it in the microwave?
Poll option Votes Percentage Graph
Question mark is needed 21 81%
Question mark is not needed 3 12%
IDGAF 2 8%

dreamworks4mayor '11 !xPoNIEsltA joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #33,527

no b/c its meant as an advice, not as a question

Nexus !jNexusRe/. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 43 seconds later, 2 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,528

Are you making it as a statement, or as a question?

Ph !5pM9NZR/l6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 42 minutes later, 45 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,557

Just to avoid any confusion I would change it based on if it were a statement or question.
You should try cooking it in the microwave.
Why don't you try cooking it in the microwave?
Were this the spoken word the phrase would work as either a question or statement based on the tone. Generally people end questions in an up-tone so it would be easier to decipher. That's just me though.

cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,558

@33,527 (dreamworks4mayor '11 !xPoNIEsltA)
Yep, it can easily be a suggestion. I think it could go either way.

As a statement, it would only be appropriate in informal settings, though, imo.

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Homestar !RUNNERV7vk (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 19 seconds later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,559

The context is: a suggestion.

Even still, I reckon it needs a question mark. It's a suggestion in the form of a question.

cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w replied with this 15 years ago, 1 minute later, 47 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,563

@previous (Homestar !RUNNERV7vk)
But it can be used in a non-question tone, in which case it would be misleading to use a question mark.

Homestar !RUNNERV7vk (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 44 seconds later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,566

@previous (cccuuunnttt !nIGga.SL0w)
I'd like to hear it in non question tone. Can you vocaroo it?

Ph !5pM9NZR/l6 replied with this 15 years ago, 3 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,575

@previous (Homestar !RUNNERV7vk)
That's actually a tough request. While it can be used as a suggestion, I have been saying the phrase over and over in my head and can't quite figure how to make sound like a statement rather than a question. I think Eels has the right idea in that even a rhetorical question is still, at its base, a question.

Homestar !RUNNERV7vk (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 53 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,576

@previous (Ph !5pM9NZR/l6)
me too.

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 44 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #33,579

It depends on how you say it. :l

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #33,717

@33,566 (Homestar !RUNNERV7vk)

http://vocaroo.com/?media=vu1HIHOPSzvnYUeSf

Like this, I think.

Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #33,828

Question mark, obviously.

Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 41 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #33,893

If it's an indirect question, then you don't need to put a question mark.

Homestar !RUNNERV7vk (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #35,077

@previous (K)
Says who?

@33,717 (I)
Yeah, that's what I thought but I'd still use a question mark. :S

jump !VIfloDyEYo joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 18 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #35,084

It should have fifteen !, three 1s and a few ?

Unintentional Jackass !LASXURl1b6 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #35,105

I am with it needing a question mark.

Even if it's rhetorical, it's still a question. Why, if it starts with "why", it should always be a question, unless used as it has been in this sentence.
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