College Composition / Unit 8 CMP 0192 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Question Marks and Exclamation Points
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The idea
A sentence ends with a period, a question mark or an exclamation point, depending on what it does.
In practice
A question mark ends a direct question; an indirect question, such as "She asked what time it was," ends with a period.
Where people slip
Exclamation points are rare in academic writing; let the content carry the emphasis.
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