A chara, – Brian Cullen (April 13th) continues the worthy discussion of rhetorical questions in the letters page. However, I notice that he terminates his own one with a question mark. I was taught by the Christian Brothers, admittedly in the previous century, that rhetorical questions required no such punctuation. One wonders whose teachers were correct. – Is mise,
SEÁN HADE,
Brussels.
Sir, – Surely the ultimate rhetorical question is, “Does my bum look big in this?” – Yours, etc,
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CORMAC MEEHAN,
Bundoran, Co Donegal.
Sir, – Not rhetorical, perhaps, but a question to be feared, nevertheless: “What age do you think I am?” – Yours, etc,
JP O’RIORDAN,
Dublin 8.