Questions relating to the exclamation mark (!)
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Ending a sentence with “?!” or “!?”
When ending a sentence with a ? and a !, is there a rule which one comes first? That is, ?! or !?? If either is okay, are they interchangeable, or for difference circumstances?
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Difference between “?!” and “!?”?
Is there any difference between “?!” and “!?”?
The Wikipedia page on Interrobang describes:
In informal English, the same inflection is usually notated by ending a sentence with first a question ...
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Punctuation after the interjection “by heaven” [duplicate]
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Exclamation marks in the middle of a sentence
How would you punctuate the following phrase with "by heaven"? It was used by a cricket commentator.
By heaven ...
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What is the name for the combined use of an exclamation mark with a question mark? [duplicate]
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The word for “?!” or “!?”
What is it called when you use a question mark with an exclamation mark?
For example: (from Wikipedia)
An exclamation ...
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Salutation punctuation: is “Hi!,” okay? [closed]
A friend of mine uses both an exclamation mark and a comma in his letter salutations, like so:
Hi George!,
I have never seen this before, and was wondering if it's grammatically kosher. ...
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Why is the exclamation mark called a “bang”?
Why is the exclamation mark called a bang? Bang is used to mean the sound of something falling but these days I hear it frequently used to mean the exclamation mark, especially in IT related texts.
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Which punctuation mark dominates?
If a question is asked in surprise, informally many people use "?!" as their ending punctuation, as in the following:
What did you do to my sausages?!
According to the accepted answer in this ...
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Where to use “!”, “;”, “`” [closed]
Where should I use the following symbols while writing something in English language?
! — exclamation mark
; — semicolon
` — grave accent
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Punctuation of an exclamative question
What is the proper way of writing an exclamative question:
What are you doing!?
What are you doing?!
or is it better to just leave it as a simple question?
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Should we always use the exclamation mark in expressions like “thank you”, “my pleasure”, etc?
If someone (for example, John) retweets my tweet, should I add the exclamation mark in my reply? Which of the following options is correct:
Thank you for the RT, John!
Thank you for the RT, John.
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Exclamation marks in the middle of a sentence
Would this usage of exclamation mark be correct?
I want to — honest! — give you a slap!
Yes, I know, it's a quite bad example, but I wonder if this usage of an exclamation inside a sentence is ...
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Does the word after a question mark start with a capital letter?
Should I write it like this? Or perhaps like this?
Should I write it like this? or perhaps like this?
What about after an exclamation mark or semicolon?
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What does an exclamation mark inside parentheses “(!)” mean?
What does an exclamation mark inside parentheses "(!)" mean? I saw this in a book review I was reading and I didn't understand what the use of it was. Can someone help me?
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What to do if a sentence ends with “Yahoo!”? [duplicate]
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How to handle a name that includes an exclamation point (or other punctuation)?
Just like the title of this question.
I was reading an article about CAPTCHAs on ...
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When and how should I use multiple exclamation marks?
Now, I never do this, but in some few cases I have seen people use multiple exclamation (or question) marks like this:
Hey!!!
Is that grammatically correct? (Or just okay). In case it is, how ...
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Is it ever correct to have a space before a question or exclamation mark?
In written English (mainly online) I often come across sentences ending with a question or an exclamation mark with a space before it. Is it always just an error or a typo? Or there are cases when it ...
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Using Multiple Sentence Stoppers? [duplicate]
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Is there a standard ordering for the question mark and the exclamation mark used together?
When writing an exclamation-question like:
What you you mean, I'm fired
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Is there a standard ordering for the question mark and the exclamation mark used together?
We've all wanted to express certain questions, rhetorical or not, with annoyance, excitement, surprise, frustration and so on. What better way than with both a question mark (?) and an exclamation ...
