Question mark is an auxiliary symbol tool of mood and intonation, which indicates the pause and mood after a sentence is finished. Used at the end of questions, rhetorical questions and rhetorical questions. Pause at the end of the question, with a question mark. A rhetorical question also ends with a question mark. Question marks generally do not appear at the beginning of a line. There are rhetorical questions and rhetorical questions.
Quaestio in Latin means question, abbreviated as Qo. The symbol of writing Q in block letters on block letters O has been transformed into a modern question mark.
On the other hand, people think that the question mark originated in the 9th century. It was originally a point with a wavy line. ~). This point indicates the end of the sentence, like a period. Wavy lines express confused emotions, but this statement has not been widely recognized.
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All interrogative sentences: ask, blame, ask, choose to ask, discuss, set questions or sentences that don't need to be answered but have a questioning tone, all end with a question mark; Question marks are usually used at the end of rhetorical questions, but rhetorical questions are heavy in tone and strong in emotion, and exclamation marks can be used at the end; A mild tone can be regarded as a declarative sentence with a period at the end of the sentence. Question mark is an auxiliary symbol tool of mood and intonation, which indicates the pause and mood after a sentence is finished. Question marks generally do not appear at the beginning of a line.
1, multiple choice questions
Example: Is it better to go or not?
Note: No matter how many choices there are, only one question mark is used at the end of the sentence, and commas are generally used in the sentence, which is different from specific questions.
2. Specific problems
Specific questions are questions raised by questioners and answered by respondents. If you have a few questions, use a few question marks.
Example: What's your name? What should we do now?
Analysis: In fact, it is very easy to distinguish multiple-choice questions from specific questions. There is only one question in the multiple-choice question, which lists many optional aspects of a question. And the specific question is many related questions, so each question should use a question mark.