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Re: Conpunct

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 8, 1998, 2:04
Nik Taylor wrote:

>Kristian Jensen wrote: >> statements: 'h`n >> 'The shops are `open. > >But, you can also say as a yes/no question: >The shops are open?, in which case a preceding inverted question >mark would be quite useful. >
True... but you'd still *normally* _write_ "ARE the shops open?" if this was a yes/no question and "The shops are open" if this was a statement. I was generalizing. It also seems to me that written English is a bit different from spoken English. One does not *normally* _write_ a yes/no question as: "The shops are open?" Regards, -Kristian- 8-)