Guess who thought this was a question

Someone who writes for the Yahoo! front page thought this was a question:

fp guess how

It’s not. It’s an imperative sentence. (There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory.) An imperative sentence makes a request or gives a command. It does not ask a question and neither does that headline.

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3 Responses to “Guess who thought this was a question”

  1. ericjbaker Says:

    I think it has ten patties? That’s a lot of red meat? I suppose it’s bad for your health? I’m not sure, so I should probably use a question mark?

  2. notmyway Says:

    They’ve already removed the question mark. Guess who reads Terribly Write?


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