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How to punctuate a list of questions

ana sana s
edited March 2017 in Writing
Any ideas how I should punctuate this? Question marks instead of commas or split to separate sentences?

All day she'd made the choices: where we went, which shops, in what order, what cloth, who would model the dress (her) and who would sew (me).
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  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    I don't read that as a question so wouldn't add a question mark. You're stating facts.
  • boredrobotsboredrobots
    Yep, it's not a question so no need for ? I like it how it is.
  • ana sana s
    Fabulous, thanks.
  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    I agree. If they were questions, the text would be:
    Where shall we go? Which shops shall we visit? etc.

    You are just making a statement.
  • heatherheather
    Yep - what they said.
  • PaigeElizabethTurnerPaigeElizabethTurner
    ana, just a minor point, 'fabric' is a much nicer word for dress material than 'cloth'. Agreed that they're one and the same, but 'cloth' generally has cheaper connotations in the trade.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Not necessarily, PET. It depends on context. Cloth might be apt for the language.
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    To me fabric suggests a lightweight material, quite likely with a pattern. Cloth sounds as though it would be more more durable and heavier, such as tweed or denim.
  • ana sana s
    Gawd, never occurred to me. It's wool so, going with PM's reasoning, especially since I've already pressed send.
  • LizLiz
    i wouldn't call wool, fabric. Fabric sounds more like thick patterned material for curtains. I'd call it material.
  • LizLiz
    Cloth: woven or felted fabric made from wool, cotton, or a similar fibre.
    "a broad piece of pleated cloth"

    Fabric: cloth or material for making clothes, covering furniture, etc.: ... cotton fabrics. More examples. Linen is a coarse-grained fabric. The fibres are woven into fabric.
  • ClaudiaClaudia
    Blimey, poor Ana - it's not as if she even asked for a critique.
  • ana sana s
    I'm a nervous wreck. Might never write again.
  • LizyLizy
    I'd have said fabric. Serves you right for asking on TB, ana - you should know us by now!
  • LizLiz
    Lol!

    Ana's writing is superb.

    The trouble is you can say anything in about a gazillion ways...

    And everyone has different associations.
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