• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    It’s not about making it a question, is about showing doubt.

    “Jake should’ve been there last night (?), but I doesn’t have time to check.”

    Sure there are ways to phrase that differently, but it’s the sort of message we can easily communicate with hand gestures and intonation, but fail with written word.

    • otp@sh.itjust.works
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      15 minutes ago

      Ah, I see. Like you suggested though, that’s definitely not a question (which is what the other comment said)