Cast your mind back to the start of the referendum on independence.
Do you recollect the discussion about what question should be asked?
At that time it looked like politicians arguing over wording, and to tell the truth, most of us hadn't engaged with the issue.
What a difference a year makes! Everywhere you go there are people discussing the issues and how they might vote. You could argue that the big winner in this debate is democracy, no matter what the result, as citizens re-engage with the political process. Let's hope we can keep the habit after the big vote on Thursday and not slip back into complacency in terms of the democratic freedoms we enjoy.
We are all much more informed now than we were a year ago, and much better placed to ask: What is the question?
So last Wednesday, with just over a week to go, we asked our members Do you think the right question is being asked?
We gave them four options:
A quarter (26 per cent) agreed that the approach being taken was the right one with a simple question giving a straight 'yes' or 'no'.
Nearly two fifths (37 per cent) thought there should have been a three-option choice between 'yes', 'no' or 'more devolution'.
Nearly one third (33 per cent) thought there should have been a negotiated proposition based on an agreed proposal from both Holyrood and Westminster, so that all the uncertainties were removed.
The remaining four per cent completed a box marked 'other' and argued, for example, for a federal approach, reversing the question to 'Do you agree that Scotland should remain as part of the UK?', or that the whole of the UK should have had the vote.
It's too late now of course, but it is salutary to know that (according to our snap poll at least) nearly three quarters of us think that the wrong question is being asked. Maybe if the answer on Thursday is 'no', and if this decision comes round again, we should make sure our political leaders ask us the right question.
But whatever your views on the question, do make sure that you answer it by using your vote - it is precious.
Robert Collier is chief executive of Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce
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