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Last Seven DaysQuestion from WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, on March 25, 2026
DID YOU KNOW?
I was taught this was correct but now am not certain:
DID YOU KNOW . . .
. . . each year, company scientists do lots of important work
The sentence goes on longer than I've made it here. My question is: At the end, should there be a question mark? And are the ellipses correct?
Or maybe I'm being too fussy for something to put in a company gift bag?
Thanks so much.
Answer
In this case, I'd stick with the "DID YOU KNOW?" version, as long as the text that follows is a complete sentence. Then DID YOU KNOW? serves as a headline, not part of the sentence. If the text following is not a complete sentence, I'd skip the ellipses and put a question mark at the end. In that case, "DID YOU KNOW each year, company scientists do lots of important work?" is a question in full-sentence form and should be punctuated as such.
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