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On its own, this is correct as it is a question posed in the form of a statement. It is a command directing someone to do something. However, if it was a follow up to a comment then it would require a question mark as it would then take on the form of a question.
I looked around and couldn't find anything that forbids a question in the form of a statement as a command so I will agree that it is proper. However, I feel that it coveys a meaning that may not be intended, such as annoyance or sarcasm. Thus, I'd recommend avoiding its use.
Really, what can I add? Okay, here's one: When people insert the phrase 'got at' in the middle of a sentence. Example: I finally got at and painted the barn. At the risk of being labeled some sort of fruitcake, I believe that language, any language, is inherently a gift from the Creator. When it is bastardized and dumbed down, it saddens me.
Don't know if this has been mentioned. It actually isn't grammatically incorrect so maybe it doesn't even qualify. It bugs me because it is so overused. The use of "my" in place of the articles, "the", "an", or "a." Have you ever watched a demonstration, be it cooking, arts and crafts, etc, where they talk about having added "my carrots to the stew," or "now that all my needles are threaded?" Have we become such a mercenary society that objects can no longer be just objects, they must be possessions? What happens when the chef shares the dish of stew? To whom to the carrots belong? Are they still "my carrots" or have they become "your carrots", as in "Be sure to eat all your carrots or you won't get dessert?" And what if the diner refuses to take possession of said carrots? Does ownership revert to the chef? Is a codicil needed in that case to assume possession of dessert. These are questions that every kid needs to have answered when studying grammer, or maybe we could just do a better job of teaching them in the first place! LOL
I gots to git dat
No you ain't
Whatchu talkin' 'bout
No you di-in't
I ain't got none
OH I have a whole bunch more where that came from... a whole LIBARY of language mishaps...
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