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whats a difference between a colon and a semicolon in the separation of the clauses

A semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses while a colon requires the following independent clause to be either a list, description, explanation, or a quotation.

"It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when" why a ""?'''' cant be put at the end?

you can put a question mark outside of the quotations like this "? if the whole sentence is a question. For example . . . . Did you just say, "It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when"? But if you were just asking that question like this. . . . She said, ""It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when?" But even this you couldn't put a question mark cause if you think about it, it's not really a question, it's telling another person what the question is, the question is when. But it's actually not a question. Basically you put the question mark closest to what is the question whether the actual quote or the whole sentence. Hope this helps you : )

Initially launched in 1930 as The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, the book series has cultivated a following for generations?

Initially launched in 1930 as The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, the book series has cultivated a following for generations. This is a statement.

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SAT (Fall 2023)

Course: SAT (Fall 2023) > Unit 11

Lesson 3: Writing: Grammar

Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1

Name: Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1
Uploaded: 2015-09-01T00:09:23Z
Description: Watch Sal work through a basic end-of-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.

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Watch Sal work through a basic end-of-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.

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  you can put a question mark outside of the quotations like this "? if the whole sentence is a question. For example . . . .
  
  Did you just say, "It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when"?
  
  But if you were just asking that question like this. . . .
  
  She said, ""It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when?"
  
  But even this you couldn't put a question mark cause if you think about it, it's not really a question, it's telling another person what the question is, the question is when. But it's actually not a question.
  
  Basically you put the question mark closest to what is the question whether the actual quote or the whole sentence. Hope this helps you : )
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My textbook states that question marks are not needed for polite requests such as "Can you please send me the item tomorrow."
This seems very awkward to me, and I only found this rule in one other source, so I'm trying to find out if this is true or not.
Does anybody know if this is true? Can anyone please help me? I'm studying for a test, and I really need to know this as soon as possible.
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Video transcript

- [Instructor] What would a piece of cheese say if you took its picture? Well this right over here is a question. What would a piece of cheese say if you took its picture, which is an interesting question. So we need to put a question mark at the end. So we need to put a question mark at the end, and out of all these choices, the second one right over here has the question mark at the end. So, definitely go with that.