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Question mark

noun

A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. Synonym: interrogation point.

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"Question mark" Quotes from Famous Books

... made rather a hash of that awfuul wurd extraorordinnaryk? in the middle of a woRd like thaton N-e gets quite lost? 2hy do I keep putting questionmarks instead of fulstopSI wonder. Now you see i have put a fulllstop instead Of a question mark it nevvvver reins but ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 28th, 1920 • Various

... way of the buzzard—that shifting black question mark which punctuates a Southern sky. In the woods a shoat or a sheep or a horse lies down to die. At once, coming seemingly out of nowhere, appears a black spot, up five hundred feet or a thousand in the air. In broad loops and swirls this dot swings round and round and ...

— The Escape of Mr. Trimm - His Plight and other Plights • Irvin S. Cobb

Words linked to "Question mark" : punctuation mark, interrogation point, punctuation