Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Question mark   /kwˈɛstʃən mɑrk/   Listen
Question mark

noun
1.
A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.  Synonym: interrogation point.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Question mark" Quotes from Famous Books



... humor or irony 97. The Apostrophe: a In contractions; b To form the possessive; c To form the possessive of nouns ending in s; d Not used with personal possessive pronouns; e To form the plural of certain signs and letters 98. The Question Mark: a After a direct question; b Not followed by a comma within a sentence; c In parentheses to express uncertainty; d Not used to label irony; e The Exclamation Point 99. EXERCISE ...
— The Century Handbook of Writing • Garland Greever


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


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com