Re: [WAYYY OT] Begs the question

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On 03/22/2011 10:36 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> I was actually surprised to find out that 
> in some languages the statement and the question have exactly the same form, 
> the only difference being the question mark vs. period at the end of the 
> sentence.

You may also be interested to know that there is at least one language
which need not use a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence to denote
that it is either a question or a statement.

The simple addition of a character changes it as well as the object....

元気です   = I am fine

元気ですか  = How are you



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