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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by a1369209993 on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:33PM (#24803040)
> One that comes to mind is "How it works?".

I've never heard that phrase before, so I guess it does qualify as wierd, but it's clearly following the same grammatical construction as [looks at hamburger] "Hamburger?", ie asking "X?" as a offer or request for X.

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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by dqv on Friday October 16, 2020 @01:54PM (#24803249)
It's usually a heading in a description of how something works.

It is more natural to say either "How it works" (with no question mark) or "How does it work?"

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Re:Why are some bilingual people dyslexic in English but not... by Dylan16807 on Friday October 16, 2020 @04:02PM (#24804486)
Ah, as a heading, now it makes sense. It doesn't work as an actual question to a person, but as part of that context the question mark is acting more like a colon.
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