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		Tichy on Jan 8, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Much I Money Made From Side Projects In 2008 Interesting, but I would like to point out that there is also the "rhetoric question" which I think predates the PC movement.

randallsquared on Jan 8, 2009 [–]

Rhetorical questions are still phrased as questions. It was "declarative sentence structure married to a question mark" that I was joking about. HN didn't think it was funny, clearly. :)

Tichy on Jan 8, 2009 | [–]

I for one am thankful that you have saved me from "question mark creep" (hopefully).

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