On Aug 7, 10:18 am, Phil Launchbury wrote:
> In article , Ace wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 01:50:01 -0700 (PDT), Grumpy
> > wrote:
>
> >>> >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.
>
> Surely a question can be exclaimed? After all the ! is just indicating
> the tonality and voicing of the spoken phrase.
its only really an issue in declamatory first person text (like
Usenet) - if you were writing fiction you wouldnt need the combined
exclamation/question mark. In fact, arguably, the exclamation mark
isnt strictly necessary in fiction at all.
--
d.
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