A grammatical question

[Joods]

You can also turn something down as well.

Like you can turn down the lights. Turn down the covers on a bed.

That doesn't mean you're disappointing them, however.

[brewer]

Turn someone down typically means that the baby is boiling over or is overly blackened.

[ignoramus]

If the wife had a volume control, it would bring a whole new meaning to "turn you down".

[Edwardo Piet]

I chose to turn down the request in the OP. Sorry to let you down.

Perfect post in this thread.

[Aoi Magi]

If the wife had a volume control, it would bring a whole new meaning to "turn you down".

You should be wary of being turned down in return

[rado84]

If the wife had a volume control, it would bring a whole new meaning to "turn you down".

True but in women's case this usually means no sex, so I wouldn't recommend it unless you're bi.

[Joods]

If the wife had a volume control, it would bring a whole new meaning to "turn you down".

You should be wary of being turned down in return

This would be an extremely accurate statement.

[Cyberman]

I'm used to it.

[wiploc]

Hijack okay?  Since this grammar thread seems to have run its course but for the wisecracking, I just wrote this:

Salt, and the sound of surf; I was near the ocean or some big lake.  Cold dark and silent; it was night, well before dawn, before the morning birds riot.  The smell of damp soil, predator scat, evergreens, blood (I assumed it was mine), and urine (also mine?).

And I'm wondering about the punctuation at the end.  "?)."   I never saw that before.  Can anybody tell me whether it's good or bad, and what to do about it if it's bad? 

Having asked the question, I'll now try to answer it myself: 

If it's bad, then I have to recast the sentence somehow to avoid the problem.  But if it's good it's distracting.  That is, a lot of people will assume it is bad, and I should avoid causing them to have distracting thoughts about grammar when I want them to be involved in the story.  So I should recast the sentence to avoid inciting misguided grammarians.  Conclusion:  Either way, I should recast. 

But I'm still curious:  Is it actually wrong?

[Aoi Magi]

Since we are getting advice, I want to know comparatively which is worse, "worst of the worst" or "best of the worst"?