I know it has a name... please help!
Here's an example:
Is this your car!?
The meaning being that at the same time being a question, the car is perhaps more like a heap of rust.
2006-11-01 06:37:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
so is it ?! or !?
2006-11-01 07:19:45 · update #1
It's called an inter-bang............I swear it literally says everything about it in my book. Rare cases they call it an interrobang as well.
reponse to additional details:
It's a question mark with a line sharing the bottom dot that goes to the topish near the top of the question mark, it's not used as 2 seperate punctuation marks. The only way to show you is in a picture- here are a few examples---- http://blogs.msdn.com/fontblog/archive/2005/12/22/506936.aspx
2006-11-01 06:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with using question marks and exclamation points together; it is usually done to show sarcasm (as in the example you give). There is no name for this.
You may be thinking of an interrobang, which is another symbol altogether. It is a question mark with an exclamation point superimposed on it (or an exclamation point with a question mark superimposed on that, depending on how you want to look at it). It is the most recently invented punctuation mark (1966), but is not common and not found on most (if any) keyboards. An interrobang is used instead of the "?!" marks. Unfortunately, I am unable to get one to print on the internet (but it is available in "symbols" in Microsoft Word).
"?!" and "!?" are both acceptable.
2006-11-01 15:03:16 · answer #2 · answered by The Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO it does not have a name nor is it grammatically correct.
As to your example another leap in logic would be that the driver is 16 years old and the car is a half million dollar Bentley.
The leaps of logic are why this is a properly punctuation. One would need to explain the question or exclamation to provide the reader as to how the question or exclamtion is necessary.
2006-11-01 06:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by Capt 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's an interrobang and you can read up on this in the book Eats, Shoots and Leaves
2006-11-01 11:21:37 · answer #4 · answered by String of pearls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I don't believe there is a name as these things represent how the phrase is spoken. A ? on its own is a normal question but ?! is a more amazed and quizzical tone.
2006-11-01 06:41:56 · answer #5 · answered by fatboyslick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An interrobang. Cute, hey?
2006-11-01 06:45:56 · answer #6 · answered by JentaMenta 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A quesclamation mark lol
That sounds so cool it has to be real - if not I'm inventing it - right now - well, you invented it but I invented the word!!??!!??!?!
2006-11-01 07:28:43 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
exquamation mark
i tawt i taw a puddy tat?!
2006-11-03 09:56:44 · answer #8 · answered by species8472 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My teacher told me once it was just plain incorrect, and don't do it...
2006-11-01 07:44:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is technically impossible and ungrammatical: if you do it in word then microsoft doesn't recognise it
by the way, it's ?! not !? if you are using it
2006-11-01 06:41:14 · answer #10 · answered by sarahstar111 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋