[ SECRET POST #2662 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2662 ⌋

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Notes:

Sorry about the lateness, work's been keeping me late recently.

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Comments

Re: language pet hates

[sarillia]

"Guess what" is not a question and so should not be followed by a question mark.

Re: language pet hates

[(Anonymous)]

Though technically, the words don't imply a question, considering about half the time the phrase uses rising intonation I don't think using a question mark is wrong.

"Guess what?"

reads totally different from

"Guess what."

Re: language pet hates

[sarillia]

The intonation that the question mark implies just sounds totally wrong in my head. Maybe it's just me though.

Re: language pet hates

[inkdust]

I haven't heard it as a question. Exclamation is usually more on point in my experience.

Re: language pet hates

[fingalsanteater]

I use it as a question- verbally and written.

Re: language pet hates

[sarillia]

I just don't get how it's a question even though I see it followed by a question mark all the time. Its literal meaning is a command and its implied meaning is "I have something to tell you". Where is the question in that?

I feel really dense because it seems like your interpretation is the more common one but I just don't get it.

Re: language pet hates

[a_potato]

I think when it's used as a question, it's conceptualized as a shortened version of "can you guess what I'm about to say/tell you?"

Re: language pet hates

[(Anonymous)]

This, or maybe, rather than "guess" being a command form, it's simply a fragment of "will you guess what (I'm thinking)?"

Re: language pet hates

[a_potato]

Ah, yes, true.

Re: language pet hates

[sarillia]

I guess that makes sense. I just can't imagine it sounding like a question in my head without it sounding wrong.

Re: language pet hates

[a_potato]

I can understand that. It's the same way with me for certain words and phrases (though don't ask me to tell you what they are, because for some reason I can't think of them right now, ha).

Re: language pet hates

[fingalsanteater]

I use it as "I have something to tell you, but try to guess what it is first." The something is usually tangentially related to the subject at hand.

Re: language pet hates

[sarillia]

I'm still not seeing a question there.

Re: language pet hates

[(Anonymous)]

If it's used in speech and has rising intonation e.g. is used as a question it totally needs a question mark. Punctuation conveys meaning. Like, there is a significant difference in tone in the following examples:

1. "Guess what?" Sarah said. "I just got my test results back!"

2. "Guess what," Sarah said. "I just got my test results back."

Another example of question mark use:

1. "I just don't trust him at all."
"Yeah." Sarah replied.

2. "I just don't trust him at all."
"Yeah?" Sarah replied.

Question marks are super important. Don't fuck around with them!

Re: language pet hates

[fingalsanteater]

"Don't fuck around with them!"

That made me laugh super hard. Thanks anon.

Re: language pet hates

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

It's usually spoken as a rhetorical question.