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Why not periods? Why doesn't every sentence in Spanish that isn't a question or exclamation start with a period floating in the sky?

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I would assume it's because it leads the reader to what tone to use in a given sentence. The question mark or exclamation point would be useful in tone throughout the whole sentence, but if neither is present in front of the sentence a regular reading tone could be assumed.

so why add a floating period when nothing being there allows for the same assumption and is much, much simpler and easier?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Still learning Spanish but I believe this is correct, because you can insert a question mark into the middle of a sentence as well if the entire sentence isn’t a question.

Ex:

I have fish, do you want to cook it?

Tengo pescado, ¿quieres cocinarlo?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You can do that and it's grammatically correct? :O

[–] [email protected] 33 points 7 months ago

Language is more than just written script and spoken words - grammar is very language specific too. In Spanish, the example above is indeed grammatically correct.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yup! I really like it a lot more than how we do it in English honestly, it’s like quotation marks for a question. It’s very pleasing to me to have something in the sentence clearly highlighting what the question is. If it has any annoyances or drawbacks I’m not at a comprehension level where I’ve run into them.

[–] abcde_fz 4 points 7 months ago

Quotation marks for a question is a beautiful way to say that!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] SpaceNoodle 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] frickineh 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] wreckedcarzz 8 points 7 months ago
[–] humorlessrepost 4 points 7 months ago

Lo estoy intentando, pero sigo ciego.

[–] WellroundedKi 2 points 7 months ago