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When someone tacks the word what onto the end of a question, it should stand alone as its own question. ...Was it given to you as a gift? What? ...Were you there alone? with someone? What? ...Did ...

When there are two parts to a sentence and one is a statement and the other is a question, it is the one at the end that determines the terminal punctuation. ...What he wants to know is where were...

This is a sentence I was asked about on Facebook. And I have it correctly punctuated here. Have there been any major stressful events in the last year that you can think of -- divorce? someone, a ...

The rule says to put a question mark at the end of a sentence that asks a question. In reporting, our questions are not always straightforward. Attorneys add things -- explanations, clarifications,...

Here is a punctuation question from FB that inspired today's blog: "On examination her lower extremities had normal capillary refill -- that is, normal circulation -- and no trophic changes, in ot...