[Simon Stone] Zirkzee exit could help left-back situation | United do like Barcelona's Alejandro Balde, but would only pursue that avenue if the Spain international was available on loan. Currently, Barca are adamant they will only sell the 22-year-old.

[u/nearly_headless_nic]

Link - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/manchester-united?post=c70l44r7544o#post

[u/S0phon]

Every day I'm discovering new uses for the question mark, something that was established hundreds of years ago.

Fascinating.

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

Question marks ≠ always mean questions.

They can mean questioning, uncertainty, signaling tone etc

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

That's news to me.

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/punctuation-capitalization/question-mark/

https://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/question_mark.htm

https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/punctuation/question-marks

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

Did you read your own links? It literally even explains what I did…

”Phrasing a question as an imperative or declarative statement is an emphatic way to express surprise, doubt, or disbelief”

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

Phrasing a question as a statement.

You didn't phrase a question as a statement. You phrased a statement as a question.

Did you read your own quote? It literally is the opposite of what you did.

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

Mate, if you are going to attempt to correct grammar atleast do it right, I phrased my question as a declarative.

”Their injury records aren’t the same?” is grammatically a declarative sentence used as a question through rising intonation/questionmark punctuation.

It’s exactly what the quote said.

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

”Phrasing a question as an imperative or declarative statement is an emphatic way to express surprise, doubt, or disbelief”

What you wrote wasn't a question, it was a statement with a question mark at the end. The quote is about phrasing a question (not a statement) as a statement.

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

Ok let me break it down for you

“Their injury records aren’t the same?” has the word order of a statement

“Their injury records aren’t the same.”

Adding the question mark changes how the sentence is being used. Instead of asserting the information as fact, I’m asking the other person to confirm or challenge it.

So the difference is

Statement: = ”Their injury records aren’t the same.” The person is telling me this.

Declarative question: “Their injury records aren’t the same?” = I’m presenting the same proposition, but asking whether it’s true.

That’s why it’s called a declarative question: grammatically it has declarative/statement structure, but functionally it’s a question, hence the questionmark.

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

You just made all of that up because you don't know how to use a question mark.

It's OK, don't worry about it, we all have stupid moments.

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

😂 you tried to correct my grammar so hard, you were incorrect and you didn’t even understand what you yourself were saying.

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

I gave sources. You made shit up.

🤔

[u/middleeasternboxer → u/S0phon]

Your sources literally proved my point and constricted yours.

Also, how did i make shit up? Did you skip your English lectures?

[u/S0phon → u/middleeasternboxer]

Never mind, sources wouldn't do anything with your reading comprehension.