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Are question marks the new full stop?

boxxboxx Posts: 5,335
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Noticed this loads recently on here?:D

(Not a dig at anyone in particular, merely an observation:o)
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  • LeehamLeeham Posts: 4,795
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    I don't get it.

    Why wouldn't people use them if they ask a question?
  • dylan99dylan99 Posts: 10,004
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    haha, you turned up underneath this thread -

    Today i got mistaken for being 11 years old when i'm 17?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 16,275
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    Leeham wrote: »
    I don't get it.

    Why wouldn't people use them if they ask a question?

    Because people make a statement and turn it into a question.

    I went to the shops today?
  • SlowRapSlowRap Posts: 1,928
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    Yes they are?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,125
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    I must admit I Sometimes do it? I don't know where I got that habbit from though.
  • boxxboxx Posts: 5,335
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    Leeham wrote: »
    I don't get it.

    Why wouldn't people use them if they ask a question?
    In that case of course, but (for example) if the title was '###### question' it wouldn't, would it? Noticed it on CM forums too. :o
  • MinjuryMinjury Posts: 415
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    I havent noticed?
  • LeehamLeeham Posts: 4,795
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    dylan99 wrote: »
    haha, you turned up underneath this thread -

    Today i got mistaken for being 11 years old when i'm 17?

    That makes sense though, read it out loud.
  • Tim CullenTim Cullen Posts: 1,136
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    Are you sure about that. Where have you seen this happen. Do people really substitute full stops for question marks.
  • BagpipesBagpipes Posts: 5,443
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    I always imagine those to have been written by Australians or Northern Irish.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 16,275
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    Leeham wrote: »
    That makes sense though, read it out loud.

    No it doesn't it's a statement not a question at most it should have an exclamation.

    The only way it could possibly work is if the original poster had amnesia and didn't know if the incident had happened or not.
  • Constant PMTConstant PMT Posts: 3,458
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    I would sooner see someone use a question mark instead of a full stop, when they're asking a question. If that makes sense. So if it's the new trend, it's all gravy!? :D

    It's all gravy, that's one for the annoying sayings thread!
  • LeehamLeeham Posts: 4,795
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    whip wrote: »
    No it doesn't it's a statement not a question at most it should have an exclamation.

    The only way it could possibly work is if the original poster had amnesia and didn't know if the incident had happened or not.

    The QM implied 'why did I...?' or 'how come I...', that's what I got anyway.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,103
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    Question marks are for questions only?
  • BagpipesBagpipes Posts: 5,443
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    MrHoppy wrote: »
    Question marks are for questions only?

    That is a fact?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,511
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    I blame the Australians?
  • d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,507
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    Tim Cullen wrote: »
    Are you sure about that. Where have you seen this happen. Do people really substitute full stops for question marks.

    I don't know? Do you.
  • dylan99dylan99 Posts: 10,004
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    Tim Cullen wrote: »
    Are you sure about that. Where have you seen this happen. Do people really substitute full stops for question marks.

    See post 3? :D
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,815
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    Tim Cullen wrote: »
    Are you sure about that. Where have you seen this happen. Do people really substitute full stops for question marks.

    I know you're doing it on purpose, but when full stops are genuinely used instead of question marks, it just seems rude? Or is that just me. Even more so when it's asking for a favour? Then it's like a demand?
  • SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    Possibly?
  • frangipanefrangipane Posts: 930
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    And comma,s are the new apostrophe
  • cahcah Posts: 24,689
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    Bagpipes wrote: »
    That is a fact?

    Yes .!! isn't it ?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,741
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    maybe its because people in real life end their sentences in an upward inflection? like they're asking a question? but they actually arent? which can be really confusing? and really annoying?
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,511
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    frangipane wrote: »
    And comma,s are the new apostrophe
    frangipane' that,s just silly?
  • jcafcwjcafcw Posts: 11,282
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    whip wrote: »
    Because people make a statement and turn it into a question.

    I went to the shops today?

    I went to the shops today could actually be a question if you have a bad memory.
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