Many instant message virtual keyboards include comma and period but question mark requires an extra step or two to access
The reason for this is obvious commas and periods are absolutely essential to context and communication while question marks are rarely if ever needed
I mean lets just see what a happens when we try to communicate without commas or periods lets just try it and see the chaos that results
Imagine a shopping list without commas bread eggs milk potatoes utter complete confusion
The wise designer of todays instant message keyboards understands that people primarily communicate in assertions declaratives and imperatives while questions are exceedingly rare
And on those rare occasions when one needs to ask a question the sentence context always makes the question clear without need for a question mark
lets consider some simple examples
no
This sentence is clearly a question
yes
This sentence is clearly a statement
There you see our wise designers decision to slavishly follow traditional keyboard structure is more than jusified
Can you give an example of what you consider "instant message virtual keyboards"? Do you mean voice recognition services like those offered by Apple and Google?
The reason for this is obvious commas and periods are absolutely essential to context and communication while question marks are rarely if ever needed
I mean lets just see what a happens when we try to communicate without commas or periods lets just try it and see the chaos that results
Imagine a shopping list without commas bread eggs milk potatoes utter complete confusion
The wise designer of todays instant message keyboards understands that people primarily communicate in assertions declaratives and imperatives while questions are exceedingly rare
And on those rare occasions when one needs to ask a question the sentence context always makes the question clear without need for a question mark
lets consider some simple examples
no
This sentence is clearly a question
yes
This sentence is clearly a statement
There you see our wise designers decision to slavishly follow traditional keyboard structure is more than jusified
well done wise designer