A GUIDE TO PUNCTUATION - QUESTION MARKS

Question Marks - Using Them Properly

There’s no playing around with this one. Question marks (?) are used to …(you guessed it!) mark a question. Your sentence isn’t really a question without an associated question mark. So, if you want to ask something in your writing, end the sentence with this punctuation.

Example:

‍“Where did that all that dust come from?”

Using question marks in dialogue

Question marks can also link dialogue with their associated dialogue tag, taking the place of a comma. Unlike most sentences that follow a question, you do not capitalize the dialogue tag that follows a question mark within dialogue unless it is a proper noun.

Example:

‍“I don’t know. Why don’t we ask her?” inquired John.

I hope this helped you understand the concept of question marks better, stay tuned for a guide to commas!