Why not periods? Why doesn’t every sentence in Spanish that isn’t a question or exclamation start with a period floating in the sky?

  • Nougat
    0•2 years ago

    “How would I find out?”

    I can tell you.

    I can tell you?

    Yes, English uses word order to define grammar in many more sentences than Spanish, but not exclusively.

    • Lvxferre
      13•2 years ago

      I can tell you?

      Dunno for others but for me this question sounds rhetorical, due to the lack of inversion. By default you expect questions in English to start with an optional interrogative pronoun, plus a [typically auxiliary] verb - “can I tell you?”, “do you know him?”, “how do you know this?” et cetera.