[Closed] punctuation pedants.... help please

!? or ?! [b]?[/b]

You were asking a question, not making a statement.

Surely neither are correct. You can only have one or the other as they both end the sentence.

you were asking a question

I'd love to say that you spotted my deliberate punctuation cavil.. but alas 'twas just a result of posting before the first cuppa of the day..

hmm.. if neither are correct then I am scoobied.. I've seen it used before.. and it adds gravitas to WTF!? type questions..

I like ?!... but then again I like !?.. but which is best..?

As Harry Hill would say... 'There's only one way to find out... FIIIIIIIGHT!!!!'

I dont know!?.....Now I'm confused!....

[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang ]Interrobang[/url] ?

How about using an [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang ]Interrobang[/url] ?

Damn you and your most fasterest typing GrahamS !!!!

They're both 'incorrect' AFAIK.

Wikipedia:

"an exclamation mark...often marks the end of a sentence"

Therefore, by way of example, "is she mad?!" is 'correct'.

Wikipedia continues:

"The exclamation point is sometimes used in conjunction with the question mark. This can be in protest or astonishment ("Out of all places; the squatter-camp?!")

Before introducing the introbang:

"however this can be replaced with a single, [b]nonstandard [/b]punctuation mark, the interrobang, which is the union of a question mark and an exclamation point."

With reference to my example above, you're asking a question then making an exclamation.

Use them as you want. Captain Haddock always did ......

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I would have said that the exclamation mark should be between the quotation mark and the bracket at the end of the peace camp example as the emphasis seems to be being added by the quoter rather than the original speaker.