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Q&A Question mark in use with colon

Your problem is that your givens are incorrect. You don't need a colon, and you have the question mark in the wrong spot. Stripped of the confusing detail, your sentence reads Should I place ...

posted 6y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:46Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T08:13:26Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T08:13:26Z (over 4 years ago)
Your problem is that your givens are incorrect. You don't need a colon, and you have the question mark in the wrong spot.

Stripped of the confusing detail, your sentence reads

> Should I place the order in X?

You don't need a colon before the _X_ in this sentence structure. You have a question; you aren't introducing a thought or a list.

Separately, your entire thought is a question, so the question mark properly belongs at the end.

Since your service has title caps, that's generally sufficient to set it off from the framing question. If you're really concerned about reader comprehension, you can make the service name italic or enclose it in quotes. If you use quotes, the question mark is not part of the quoted (or formatted) material, so it falls outside them.

> Should I place the order in _I Will Fix Any Error Or Bug_?
> 
> Should I place the order in "I Will Fix Any Error Or Bug"?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-03-05T14:12:31Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 3