Sybex CSG 17 - Chapter 14, Page 157 - Minor error

[Tim Mousaw]

At the end of the fourth paragraph, it states:

Notice all three rules are used in one line?

This is a statement and should use a period at the end of the sentence.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please supply a bit more context; I think the question mark may be all right.

[Mike Simmons]

You think so?

[Tim Mousaw]

The full context is as follows. The line the paragraph describes is:

System.out.println(1 + 2 + "c");

The full paragraph is:

In the fourth example, we start with the third rule, which tells us to consider 1 + 2. Both operands are numeric, so the first rule tells us the answer is 3. Then we have 3 + "c", which uses the second rule to give us "3c". Notice all three rules are used in one line?

I suppose the authors' intent could have been, "Do you notice all three rules are used in one line?". Like I noted in the topic, it's minor and probably doesn't make a large amount of difference. In my opinion, it reads more to me like a statement rather than a question. But I could see an argument that the question mark is intended.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Mike Simmons wrote:You think so?

Yes?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

A question mark seems fine here. "Notice" is short for "Do you notice". We aren't writing in academic English. And when speaking "Notice X?" isn't odd.