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Old 06-Jun-2003, 12:09
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Hi Tdol!

Cantontype thought John D should add question mark at the end of this sentence:
"If an advert can get you thinking it is a good advert. "

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Hi Xanana,

If you take a trip in their cable car, you will get to see why people climb mountains.

Whoever wrote this advert is very smart, you got the message in your b) example.
If an advert can get you thinking it is a good advert?

Keep smiling, have fun.

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Sentence should end with a question mark.
Which sentence? I can't see a question here. 'Whoever' isn't being used as a question word.
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