Also, assuming you are using INPUT, if you don't want a question mark to print after the INPUT command, you can use a comma instead of a semicolon when separating its parameters.
Like this...
INPUT "Guiding text: ",USR$
If you want to clean it up a bit, then Like Oscar said, you can get rid of the question mark to make it say 'User:' instead of 'User:?' not that you HAVE to, but it makes it look better and is good to learn. LINPUT is an alternative to INPUT that lets you rid of the question mark for letter input.
It's not trying to spoil the fun for you, it's trying to help you learn. Finding new ways to code helps you compile your programs into a more efficient and smaller project, instead of having huge bundles of code that handles everything independently, for example.