What punctuation should I use between a question and a bullet list?

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Posting in a StackExchange website, I was confronted to this situation:

Should I do it considering the following?

My first question is, was I right to use a question mark?

Plus, are other punctuations symbols allowed like colon and if so, when should I prefer it to a question mark?

Should I do it considering the following:

Finally, in another similar problem when I have:

Should I do it considering the following?

I'd say it's actually the same problem and what was said before remains, am I right?

I generally put a question mark followed by a colon. Would this work?: — Paul Dexter, Commented Jun 9, 2019 at 10:49
Is it the only acknownledged way to do so? If yes you can answer my question :) — JKHA, Commented Jun 9, 2019 at 13:55
I would use either a question mark or a colon, but not both. Some dialects still use multiple punctuation marks, but aside from one or two exceptions, I feel this is old-fashioned and generally redundant. However, most of the time it does not matter much, unless you are writing for a formal publication. In that case, consult their style guide to see if they have any specific rule. — Andrew, Commented Jun 10, 2019 at 4:33
@Bee sure, except that it's just one opinion of many. Questions that can only be answered by opinions should be closed. — Andrew, Commented Jun 11, 2019 at 16:46

katatahito · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-13 06:18:42Z

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I know this may get closed because it is opinion based, however to me there is a good answer that will always be right.

Consider the following:

case 1

case 2

Should I do it?

answered Jun 13, 2019 at 6:18

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