In which case is a question mark. When is a question mark

Question mark inverted vertically and horizontally by 180

As a rule, in Russian it is hardly possible to meet an inverted question mark. But in Spanish this sign is important. It is used at the beginning of a sentence and serves as an addition to the main question mark, which, like in all other languages, is traditionally placed. Or it may not have anything to do with the main question mark at all, since intonation in Spanish can change. And the first few words in a sentence can be questioned. Also, an inverted question mark can be used not only at the beginning or end of sentences, but also in the middle of a sentence. Right before the question word.

Where is the inverted question mark used?

1. The inverted question mark is used in Microsoft Windows operating systems, since the use of the traditional question mark is prohibited there.
2. A 180-degree horizontal question mark (curl reversed) is used in Arabic.
3. A vertically upside down question mark (i.e. dot above and hook below) is used in Greek and Church Slavonic.

Perhaps, and it would be possible to use the question mark in an inverted form and in our language as not an interrogative, but rather affirmative and meaning that this is the answer to a question. But! Why additional rules in Russian?

How to write an upside down question mark

Writing it in any file is as easy as shelling pears. Yes its not on the keyboard, but that's not a problem. There is a keystroke combination to write a character. You must press the ALT key and while holding it, dial the combination of numbers 0191. In this case, the language should be switched to English.

Russian language

To put or not to put the sign "?" in the title

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To put or not to put the sign "?". There is no single correct opinion, everything depends on intonation, on the choice of the author. And the popular resource Gramota.ru does not give an exact answer where you can put and where to remove the question mark.

Sentences with interrogative words raise doubts: what, how, where, why, to whom. Gramota.ru also answered how to draw up a sentence with a question through a colon.

You can agree with this or disagree, but so far this information:

Example 1:
Consider options for subheadings, where someone puts, and someone does not put a question mark.

Option 1: Where we are (written in the contacts of the company);
Option 2 A: You want to know where we are;
Option 3: Tell you where we are.

In the last two versions, the intonation speaks of a question to the reader. We ask a question with intonation, the reader mentally agrees, and then we answer the question and write the address.
If you remove the subtitle and add it to the same line as the address, what happens?
Where are we. Moscow, st. Tverskaya, 35 sq. 140.

The subheading acts as the same independent sentence, but according to the rules, we do not put a full stop after the headings. If the sentence is not interrogative, but declarative, then after it there should be a period, and then the text.

In one line, this sentence does not look like an affirmative, but like revealing the meaning of the words following it. So you need to put a colon.
Where we are: Moscow, st. Tverskaya, 35, apt. 140.

But I don't like either the dot option or the colon option.
Another option: where are we? The reader will think: well, where is it?

We imagine ourselves in the place of the reader and ask ourselves a question that would interest the reader. If he had the opportunity, he would ask it. Questions to oneself are considered mild schizophrenia.

Although, when asking ourselves a question, we assume by this that the reader asks it is interesting, and then we give an answer to it.
For some reason, questions in the text are in bad taste, but questions in the FAQ and the answers to them are normal. The only difference is that in the article we add text and the questions are consistent, but in the FAQ everything is together (a hodgepodge).

Is a question in the subtitle necessary?

The question in the text is not a question to oneself, the text is addressed to the audience and the written question is an imitation of the question of the audience. The author imagines asking the reader: are you wondering where we are?

We remove unnecessary words, it turns out: where are we? I understand it this way: on behalf of the audience, the author asks a question and answers it.

You can write like this: they ask us where we are, we answer: Moscow, st. Tverskaya, 35, apt. 140.
We do not write the text for ourselves, we expect that someone will read it and people may have questions in the process of reading. To do this, they wrote out a number of questions and decided to answer them on the topic, dispelling doubts. You can write: our location and there will be no sign. This is not an interrogative sentence.

The reader may ask: Where are you located? Who are your trainers? How do you work?
These are direct questions, no doubt. And this is how their interpretation goes to the company: Where are we? Who are our trainers? How we are working? The company asks: Are you wondering where we are? Want to know who our trainers are? Do you need to know how we work?

It is assumed that the reader says “Yes” to all questions, therefore, explanations follow in the text, answers to questions from the audience. I believe that sentences with question words in subheadings are an imitation of audience questions to the author and subsequent answers to them.

The answer to the question does not cancel the interrogative intonation, which means that the “?” sign is needed at the end.

We do not ask ourselves a question, we imitate the reader's question to us, working out in advance that it arises and give an answer.

Text is a means of communication, we convey information through letters. We represent our target audience for which we write. And we are working on issues in advance that our target audience may have.

We interpret them in our own way. We do not claim, here we are at this address. If someone can show me the difference between the question in the subtitle of the article and the question in the FAQ, where explanations and answers are given in the same way, that would be great. Only in the article we write much more, and in the FAQ one sentence is enough for us, and sometimes even at all: “yes” or “no”.

Article answers questions

The article is written according to the plan and it consists of questions to the author, which he must disclose in the text. If the author answers the outline question and adds that question to the article as a subtitle, then why should we omit the question mark?
Plan of questions for the article:

How we are working?
What is the curriculum?
How to pay for tuition?
Where are we?

These questions remain questions whether you leave the "?" in the subtitle or leave it alone. These are interrogative sentences containing such words: how, what, how, where. If it's not a direct question in the audience: Are you curious about how we work? The author imagines that people will be interested in this.

This is the same as the FAQ, only a narrow profile and one topic. In the FAQ we will write 30 different questions, and in the article we will take 3-4 main ones and answer them. I don't see the difference.

Opinion leaders

Ilya Birman, designer

M. Ilyakhov, Glavred

The editor-in-chief, represented by Maxim Ilyakhov, argues that you cannot put a question mark in the subheadings:

I don’t agree with Glavred, there are no explanations, how the answer to the interrogative sentence: which laptop to choose (and this is not a narrative sentence) cancels the question mark, making it affirmative. Mild schizophrenia is not an answer for me, but a personal opinion.

The sentence can be placed as a subtitle on a separate line, or you can write the text next. If text follows, then after the subheading there will be a punctuation mark: a period, a question mark, a colon.

It will look like this:
Option 1: Which laptop to choose. The author begins to advise.
Option 2: Which laptop to choose? The author begins to advise.

The second option is more correct than the first option. If we have written answers to questions in the text, advised something, this does not mean that the question has ceased to be one. It remained a question. You, the audience, are asking: which laptop should you choose? The author knows the answer to the question and duplicates it in the text, answering it. Information is conveyed through the text, this is communication with the reader, and not with oneself.

Questions to themselves are written in a personal diary (one of the options), who will never read it. If the author does not know the answer to a question or wants to know different opinions, he asks a question, but leaves it without his comments.

Example 1: Where do you think we are?
Example 2: Where are we, you know?

Rosenthal. A guide to punctuation and spelling

There is no clear answer in the reference book about interrogative words in sentences and what sign to use if a subtitle begins with a question word. There is confusion and lack of clarity in this direction.

NTV, excerpts from the article

There are two questions here, one with the clarifying pronoun "me", the other without it.

Journalists on NTV believe that the question mark in the subheadings of the article is normal. And here is another example, I will not name where I got it from.

After the sentence: how we are looking for, I would put a colon, and after each element of the list, a period.
And a few more subtitles:

In the expression of the question, the main role belongs to intonation, interrogative particles: whether, not ... whether, what, what, how, what, perhaps, really, what if, but, yes, it’s true, isn’t it, so, so, isn’t it, right.

Interrogative pronouns: who, what, what, what, whose, which, how much, how, where, where, from where, to where, when, why, why, why, how much. By these means, any non-interrogative sentence can become question or question.

Often in the text you can see the question: Where are we? The company asks the question of future customers again, adding it to the text.

I still doubt whether those who do not put a question mark in the heading and subheadings are doing the right thing. If you are interested in how to read about, then go ahead.

Interesting:

Comments (14)

Most likely, the question mark was stopped because of the same reason why they do not put a dot at the end of the sentence-heading in Internet articles. Also, there is a question in the heading / subheading arrangement and it is heard, why put a question mark, because this is not a dialogue, otherwise, with a question mark, you need to answer immediately. And without a sign, you can answer in the text under the subheading or find the answer in the text. That is, the question mark is needed only as a visualization of it, which means putting it is not entirely correct.

Hello. Previously, there were other rules and they put an end, now according to the rules of the Russian - you can’t put an end. There is still such a moment, they put a question mark when they want to ask and find out the answer, because they themselves do not know it. And I write about asking again, with the addition of an interrogative word or an interrogative particle. We cannot call a sentence with an interrogative word as an affirmative, or rather, it depends on the intonation of the author. Well, I would not say how visualization, but how the correct punctuation at the end of the sentence. Thanks for your opinion, any value.

In general, a matter of practice. They made a remark: do not put a question mark. I, Thomas the Unbeliever, rushed to look for confirmation of the version. I came across Ilyakhov. Agreed. Then, in recent works, I feel that a question mark in the subtitle should be put. I bet it's purely automatic. The editor-in-chief of the publishing group broadcasts: no, the answer is in the text. Agreed. What should I do? Go into discussion?

I don't think it's worth arguing. There is no such thing in the rules of the Russian language, you should not put a question mark after an interrogative sentence, because there is an answer in the text. And this is exactly what you can appeal. The rules are about intonation, about complex and simple sentences, about the separation of homogeneous members with question marks.
I did not see that if I write a question in the text, and then I answer it, then I should remove the question mark. Yes, maybe this is a question that a reader would like to ask me and I opened it in advance. Opinion leaders teach us to do things, but some people have no doubt that leaders somewhere can say something controversial. There is no need to argue, because even Gramota.ru writes: at the discretion of the author (and you have the chief editor).

I don’t argue, In short, I made a conclusion for myself: do not put a question in the subheadings, only when it is a composite one, consists of a question and an answer. In general: a giraffe (editor-in-chief) is big (smart) he knows better. Therefore, in this case, whether to put a question mark or not in the subtitle, I don’t see a subject for dispute, as I feel it, I’ll do it, they will tell me to correct it. And, if something does not crumble, they will remove it themselves. Here I am such a radish!

Elena, good Friday!
The topic is intriguing as always. In the process of reading, I realized that I had not developed a single rule for myself in this regard, which is strange. Uniformity is easier.
In some places it is obvious that the question mark is not required, for example, in "where we are." Regardless of the question at hand, the reader understands that there will be an address or a route plan next.
From the obvious, which I didn’t think of: put a question mark if you need help.
Thank you!

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As you know, human speech is emotional. However, written speech is not able to convey the emotionality of oral speech. For emotional amplification and better perception of textual information, the following punctuation marks are adopted in Russian typography:

« ? » - question mark. Placed at the end of a sentence instead of a period to express a question or doubt.

« ! » - Exclamation point. Placed at the end of a sentence instead of a period to express joy, delight, amazement, etc. In addition, the exclamation mark is used when addressing someone (“Comrades!”, “Gentlemen!”), As well as to indicate an imperative mood or giving a command (“Stop!”, “Danger!”).

« !!! "- It is allowed to use instead of an exclamation mark to indicate the highest degree of emotionality of the relationship.

« ?! » - question-exclamation. Placed at the end of a sentence instead of a period to express a question, when the question should be emphasized emotionally.

« !.. » - exclamation mark-ellipsis. Unlike the ellipsis punctuation mark, only two dots are placed after the exclamation mark, not three.

« (!) » - . A non-spelling punctuation mark that is widely used in print. A common use is to draw attention to the absurdity or absurdity of a quote or statement. In professional printing, on the contrary, it is used to draw attention to particularly important points in the text. Used within a sentence, immediately after the text to which it refers. It is NOT the end of a sentence.

« (?) - unfortunately, I do not know the name of this sign. Also, a non-spelling sign used in reviewing to express bewilderment or disagreement with the stated thought, idea, quote.

We pay attention to typical errors in the use of question and exclamation marks:

1. Before the signs " ? », « ! », « ?! », « !!! », « !.. » is never a space. Recording "Hi!!! How are you?" - incorrect, correctly write: “Hello !!! How are you?"

2. After the signs " ? », « ! », « ?! », « !!! », « !.. » is always a space. There are objective reasons that prevent us from putting a space, for example, limiting the number of characters (SMS, Twitter). But there is no such restriction in blogs and diaries, so be literate.

3. Signs " (!) " and " (?) » are not a punctuation mark, they are subject to the rules as if it were a sentence word. They are always preceded by a space. If a satirical exclamation mark ends a sentence, followed by a punctuation mark.

4. The following spelling combinations of exclamation and question marks are absent in Russian and only emphasize the author's illiteracy:
« ?? », « !? », « !! », « ?!?! ”, - I think there are other options, listing which makes no sense.

Good afternoon! Tell me how to properly format the title "Did you know that ..." - is it necessary question mark?

Question mark after the ellipsis is not needed.


	Question #298682

Should I put question mark at the end of such sentences? Or here in the middle question mark and dash? "What he wants from me, I can not understand." "What are you trying to tell me, I don't understand."