Learn English – the proper way to ask two questions in one sentence

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Every now and again I find myself writing a sentence like this:

INPUT in LPINPUT is some data structure I can identify — what does LP mean, array?

I don't know what to call this type of sentence but the general format is that I ask a question and then list one or more possible answers.

Now in the quote above I used a comma to separate the original question and my supposed answer but would it not be correct to use two question marks? Like so:

INPUT in LPINPUT is some data structure I can identify — what does LP mean?
array?

Because the way I see it, I'm asking two questions.

Best Answer

Asking two questions in the same sentence can be hard to understand. Try using more sentences instead.

INPUT in LPINPUT is some data structure I can identify. What does LP mean? Does it mean array?

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