RE: Does a rhetorical question need a '?'

Subject: RE: Does a rhetorical question need a '?'
From: Lori Olcott <lori_olcott -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:19:54 -0700 (PDT)


Is that necessarily a distraction, though? A question is intended to get
a person to think about what was just stated. By phrasing your idea as a
rhetorical question, you are inviting the reader to consider other
security risks. Giving the reader a moment to pause and think will bring
them further into your subject and make them active, rather than passive,
readers. Is that a bad thing? ;)

> I'm afraid that question mark may lead
> to a distraction for the readers who actually try to answer it.



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