On 7 Aug, 10:12, Ace wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:50:01 -0700 (PDT), Grumpy
>
> wrote:
> >On 7 Aug, 09:33, Ace wrote:
> >> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 07:45:12 +0000, Phil Launchbury
> >> >Does an exclamation mark override a question mark? I abominate using
> >> >them together.. (which would have led to See?! or See!? which looks..
> >> >American).
>
> >> Or just shit. Its one of those hard-and-fast rules, AFAIAC.
>
> >Whats wrong with ?! ?!
> >Can you understand it?
>
> No, I dont know if its supposed to be a question or an exclamation.
>
If I want to indicate that my sentence is asking a question, I think
its reasonable to terminate the sentence with ?
If I want to indicate that my sentence is expressing an exclamation, I
think its reasonable to terminate the sentence with !
If I want to indicate that my sentence is asking a question AND
expressing an exclamation...
You can see where this is going, cant you?
Cant you?!
Yeah, you can; have another try!!
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