Who gives a damn. - English example sentence

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Amastan May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 at 8:10:05 PM UTC

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@AlanF_US @Hybrid

Doesn't this sentence need a question mark at the end?

shekitten May 27, 2020 May 27, 2020 at 9:28:08 PM UTC

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I think the period implies saying it in a flat tone, out of exasperation or as a way of emphasizing lack of concern. It's perhaps non-standard, but reflects a nuance of spoken language.

AlanF_US May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 at 1:44:56 AM UTC

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I agree. Well put.

CK May 28, 2020, edited May 28, 2020 May 28, 2020 at 2:43:04 AM UTC, edited May 28, 2020 at 2:45:18 AM UTC

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Annotation:

Just for fun, see what the most commonly-used 4-grams for this are in the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

who gives a ___

https://books.google.com/ngrams...minute%3B%2Cc0

See the books and find out which ones used a question mark.

https://www.google.com/search?q...bks&lr=lang_en