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Cake day: November 6th, 2023

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  • It’s actually pretty common to change a sentence into a question with rising intonation in speech, which is pretty much just adding a question mark.

    “Fries.” is a statement of what something is or what someone wants. “Fries?” is asking if someone wants fries.

    “I said that.” is a statement about something someone said. “I said that?” is a question about whether they said something.

    Of course, we could add emphasis to any of those three words and end up with 3 different questions.

    I said that?” … No, I guess it was your partner, not you.

    “I said that?” … Well, you sure IMPLIED it!

    “I said that?” … Yes, verbatim. It’s even in the video from last night.

    All from changing a “.” to a “?” in the sentence “I said that.”.