question mark

(noun)

Punctuation at the end of a sentence that asks a direct question.

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Examples of question mark in the following topics:

  • Ending Punctuation

    • There are three main types of ending punctuation: the period, the question mark, and the exclamation mark.
    • The question mark (?)
    • Question marks come at the end of sentences that make a request or ask a direct question.
    • Like question marks, exclamation marks can be included within declarative sentences.
    • The exclamation mark is sometimes used in conjunction with the question mark.

  • Quotation Marks

    • In English, question marks and exclamation marks are placed inside or outside quoted material depending on whether they apply to the whole sentence or just the quoted portion.
    • In some situations, however, the exclamation mark or question mark will apply to the sentence as a whole and will come after the quotation mark.
    • (The question mark does not refer to the phrase within the quotation marks so the question mark is placed outside of the quotation marks.)
    • (Here, the question mark is part of the question posed within the quotation marks.)
    • The style used in the UK contains only punctuation used by the original source, placing commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation marks inside or outside quotation marks depending on where they were placed in the material that is being quoted.

  • BCG Matrix

    • A question mark is a product/BU growing rapidly in a growing industry.
    • A question mark does have the potential to become a star, however, so it should be monitored to determine its growth potential.
    • Usually a BU will go from being a question mark, to a star, then a cow, and finally a dog.

  • Conducting a Q&A Session

    • Make sure you understand the question.
    • Look at the questioner as you answer the question, but still present the answer to the whole audience.
    • If the questioner starts to give a counter speech, politely interrupt and ask for his or her question.
    • You may also arrange an "open" question period prior to the speech in order to solicit relevant questions.
    • Damage Controlman 3rd Class Mark Gorley address a question to Adm.

  • Introducing and Formatting Quotations

    • If your quotation has a quotation within it, the inner quotation needs a pair of single quotation marks and the outer needs a pair of double quotation marks.
    • Periods and commas should be placed inside the quotation marks.
    • Question marks and exclamation points should be placed inside the quotation marks, unless the punctuation applies to the whole sentence (not just the quote).
    • (The original quotation used the pronoun "They," in answer to a reporter's question about a fiesta.)
    • When using this format, you do not need to use quotation marks.

  • Lab 1: Data Collection

    • On the class list, mark that person's name.
    • Mark that person's name.
    • Continue doing this until you have marked 12 people's names.
    • For each marked name record below the five data values.
    • Why did you switch between tables, if you did, when answering the question above?

  • The Functionalist Perspective on Deviance

    • On the one hand, this fractured society into those marked as homosexuals and those unmarked as normative heterosexuals.
    • This is a question asked by sociologists subscribing to the school of structural functionalism.
    • This question cannot be answered without investigating deviance .
    • In order to avoid unsettling society, one must be aware of what behaviors are marked as deviant.
    • Deviance allows for the majorities to unite around their normativity, at the expense of those marked as deviant.

  • The Functions of Deviance

    • On the one hand, society was divided into those marked as homosexuals and those unmarked (normative heterosexuals).
    • Sociologists who identify with the tradition of structural-functionalism ask this type of question.
    • This cannot be answered without addressing this question of deviance.
    • In order to know how not to unsettle society, one must be aware of what behaviors are marked as deviant.
    • Conversely, being marked as deviant can actually bolster solidarity within the marked community as members take pride and ownership in their stigmatized identity, creating cohesive units of their own.

  • Chapter Questions

    • Please calculate the cross-rate exchange rate for the convertible mark (KM) and U.S. dollar for the following exchange rates:
    • A trader at Citibank has 500,000 Bosnian convertible marks (KM) and observes the following exchange rates:

  • Interview Followup

    • If you used an online synchronous or asynchronous interview method, you will already have a transcript or archive of the content, but will need to reliably summarize the responses to your interview questions.
    • If you have interviewed synchronously one or two experts in person, telephone, or video conference, then you will want to listen to the recording of the interview and mark points of interest .
    • You can either take notes, transcribe relevant answers, or mark with a time stamp the location of important content that relates to your topic for replay or review later.
    • You will need to summarize the content or tabulate the ratings if you used rating scales for the interview questions.
    • If you asked closed questions, you can tabulate the frequency of responses in the different categories.