# Punctuation in titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-titles/429868>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 13, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-titles/429868 "2007-12-13T15:34:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-titles/429868/1 "2007-12-13T15:34:41Z")

</div>

If the title of a work (book, song, film, etc.) is a question (e.g. “Why Do Fools Fall in Love?”), should it always end with a question mark, or is it at the discretion of the artist? I’ve seen works that don’t have a question mark, and it seems wrong.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-titles/429868/2 "2007-12-13T15:48:39Z")

</div>

It’s up to the artist.

ETA: That’s why the sitcom of yore was entitled _What’s Happenin’!!_, with two exclamation points.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punctuation-in-titles/429868/3 "2007-12-13T15:51:58Z")

</div>

I understand that there’s a superstition against putting question marks in movie titles. That, I’m told , is why **Who Framed Roger Rabbit** has no question mark

> **[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) ⭐ 7.7 | Adventure, Comedy, Crime](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096438/)**
>
> 1h 44m | PG