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Re: QnA
« Reply #1170 on: November 13, 2014, 12:48:05 AM »
Isn't that basically how it works?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1171 on: November 13, 2014, 05:43:28 PM »
Isn't that basically how it works?
Isn't a question required, in order to question, regardless of the punctuation even exist

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Re: QnA
« Reply #1172 on: November 14, 2014, 12:06:54 AM »
Would that mean that rhetorical questions weren't accepted?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1173 on: November 14, 2014, 05:55:34 PM »
Why wouldn't they be? :trollface:
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1174 on: November 14, 2014, 07:01:32 PM »
How are rhetorical questions not still questions?

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Re: QnA
« Reply #1175 on: November 16, 2014, 04:48:54 AM »
Aren't rethorical questions answers with a questionmark?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1176 on: November 16, 2014, 05:15:50 AM »
Is that really what they are?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1177 on: November 16, 2014, 07:26:04 AM »
Do you think my question did not answer it right?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1178 on: November 16, 2014, 09:24:08 AM »
Aren't rhetorical questions still questions, but don't require an answer?

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Re: QnA
« Reply #1179 on: November 17, 2014, 12:19:38 AM »
Do you mean that there doesn't need to be an implied answer in the question?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1180 on: November 17, 2014, 06:14:29 PM »
Doesn't the existence of a question beg the existence of an answer?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1181 on: November 17, 2014, 08:08:02 PM »
Are you implying there's an answer for everything?

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Re: QnA
« Reply #1182 on: November 18, 2014, 01:29:58 AM »
Wouldn't that be rather simplistic?
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Re: QnA
« Reply #1183 on: November 18, 2014, 06:35:01 AM »
What do you mean by that?

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Re: QnA
« Reply #1184 on: November 18, 2014, 04:14:00 PM »
Don't you think it's obvious?
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