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Definition of Question mark
1. Noun. A punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
Definition of Question mark
1. Noun. The punctuation mark “?”, used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) doubt or uncertainty ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Question Mark
Literary usage of Question mark
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1918)
"The question mark and the Exclamation Point. Place a question mark after a direct
question, but not after an indirect question. Wrong: What of it. ..."
2. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"The question mark and the Exclamation Point 98a. Place a question mark after a
direct question, but not after an indirect question. Wrong: What of it. ..."
3. Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1907)
"Use the question mark after a direct question, indirect but not l^r an indirect
question. ... The question mark within parentheses is prop- erly used ..."
4. Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1907)
"The question mark (?) 234. Use the question mark after a direct question, ...
The question mark within parentheses is properly used only in serious ..."
5. Modern Punctuation: Its Utilities and Conventions by George Summey (1919)
"If the terminal point is an exclamation or question mark, ... THE question mark
The question mark is used far less frequently by most writers than the ..."
6. Handbook for Newspaper Workers, Treating Grammar, Punctuation, English by Grant Milnor Hyde (1921)
"question mark Use the question mark: a. After a direct question, but not after
an indirect question: " Who is to blame? " I asked. ..."
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