English Language & Usage Asked by Nathan Co on July 22, 2021
Does the following need a question mark?
Lucas’s main concern was who would he take to the apostrophe party.
If it's a statement, it needs no question mark, as statements aren't questions. However, if it's a statement it needs a statement word-order,
Lucas’s main concern was who he would take to the apostrophe party.
If you're reading that sentence as though it contains a question, with its question word-order, then yes: add a question mark, but you also need punctuation to set the question as a question:
Lucas’s main concern was, "Who would he take to the apostrophe party?"
All of that may seem overkill if all you want is a simple scene-setter for a list of potential partners, say. Setting it as an explicit question draws attention to the question itself rather than the concern about it.
Answered by Andrew Leach on July 22, 2021
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