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[–] PoolloverNathan@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

.I feel like this analogy doesn’t entirely work because you always know where the question starts, as that’s where the sentence startS.

Not always. For example (translated):

And you, ¿how are you?

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could write that as "And you? How are you?" so both parts of that sentence are still a question.

However there are other examples where you're right: ",That's not going to happen, ¿or is it?"

[–] akariii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I feel like the first example in your comment implies a different intonation than it's equivalent in PooloverNathan's comment. Also I feel the need to admit that I first read ¿)Nathan's(? username as "Pool-over" as in "pull over"...