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==Scope== In English, the question mark typically occurs at the end of a sentence, where it replaces the [[full stop]] (period). However, the question mark may also occur at the end of a clause or phrase, where it replaces the comma {{crossreference|(see also [[Question comma]])}}: :"Is it good in form? style? meaning?" or: :"Showing off for him, for all of them, not out of hubris—hubris? him? what did he have to be hubrid about?—but from mood and nervousness." :— [[Stanley Elkin]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Stanley |last=Elkin |author-link=Stanley Elkin |title=The MacGuffin |date=1991 |page=173}}</ref> This is quite common in [[Spanish (language)|Spanish]], where the use of bracketing question marks explicitly indicates the scope of interrogation. :{{lang|es|En el caso de que no puedas ir con ellos, ¿quieres ir con nosotros?}} ('In case you cannot go with them, would you like to go with us?') A question mark may also appear immediately after questionable data, such as dates: :''Genghis Khan (1162?–1227)''
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