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  • Where does the ? go?
    by cherys at 13:04 on 07 May 2009
    In the line of dialogue: 'Yes, but she wasn't even there, was she, according to you,' where, if anywhere, should the question mark go?

    These ones always stump me, where the question is embedded in a non-interrogative sentence.
  • Re: Where does the ? go?
    by CarolineSG at 13:07 on 07 May 2009
    I would definitely say: 'Yes, but she wasn't even there, was she, according to you?'

    But that might be completely wrong!
  • Re: Where does the ? go?
    by NMott at 13:33 on 07 May 2009
    This always confuses me too. As the sentence currently stands I would place it at the end.
    Alternatively, you could have the line as a statement: 'Yes, but she wasn't even there, was she - at least according to you.'
    or a question and a statement:
    'Yes, but she wasn't even there, was she? - at least according to you.'

  • Re: Where does the ? go?
    by Dee at 15:56 on 07 May 2009
    I wouldn't use a question mark at all - it definitely reads as a statement to me.

    Dee