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ACT Aspire English: Does The Sentence Need a Question Mark? (This One Does) 0 Views


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what it is about these shows that makes people tune in?


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Start s Spyros were on one of twelve here just

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starting in a new section on survival instincts on tv

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question What is it about these shows that makes people

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tune in It's in the first paragraph there Let's read

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down to it Recently there has been a rise in

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popularity of reality tv shows that test people's survival skills

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This trend has led some to question what it is

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about the shows that makes people tune in All right

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well that's kind of odd odd phrasing there What do

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you think Well just because the sentence says question doesn't

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mean that we need a question mark right It's really

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just a statement about what people question Nobody's actually asking

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a question so we can get rid of the question

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mark there We know that'll be wrong The sentence doesn't

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need any quotation marks or a question mark at all

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right So the answer is b And by the way

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this is what a real question mark would look like

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Billy asked What is it about these shows that makes

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people tuned in Right Then a question mark makes sense

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Otherwise well it doesn't So just be same things Get

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out of the question mark put a period on it 00:01:16.197 --> [endTime] and we're done That's it

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