Why do Spanish people use ? and !, upside down???

Answer 1

As a matter of fact, Spanish also used to use only the closing question and exclamation marks until 1754 when the Real Academia, which dictates the rules for the use of the Spanish language, decided to make the use of both the opening and the closing signs compulsory in the second edition of its "Ortografía de la Real Academia"
This use caught up rather slowly and you can find books that date from the early 19th century which still do not use the opening signs. In the long run the use was generalized, especially because of the fact that syntax in Spanish sometimes does not clearly establish what sentences are exclamations or questions, as it is the case in other languages. In English for example, all questions begin with either a question word or an auxiliary. In Spanish sometimes it is only the question marks that differentiate a question from a sentence (Ella es enfermera / ¿Ella es enfermera?). The same happens with exclamations. In English we usually find a verb at the begining of the exclamation (Go! / Let's have a party!). In Spanish the only difference may be the exclamation points (Es una mentira / ¡Es una mentira!). In that way, opening exclamation points and question marks may help the reader use the correct intonation when reading a sentence.

Answer 2

The Spanish language is very emotional. They use the 'up-side-down' punctuation to make the sentence make more sence when they say it. Unlike the english language, when we state a question, we accent and raise our voices at the end of the sentence. In Spanish, when you star the sentence with the punctuation, you know how to put the emotion in the sentence. Plus, if the punctuation was right side up, it'd look like it would go w/ the previous sentence.

Answer 3

it's just the Spanish language rules... if the sentence is a question, it ends with a ? like english, but is preceded byt the upside down ?... Likewise if the sentence is an exclamation, you get the ! at the end and the inverted ! at the front...

It's good in a way, because you can see right away what the sentence is and how it should be toned when reading.

Answer 4

Why shouldn't they? It's just a different writing system. Perhaps they do it so that you know at the beginning of the sentence that its going to be a question. That would be pretty handy for something that you had to read aloud for the first time, wouldn't it? You would immediately know what kind of tone to use on the sentence right from the start... instead of at the end.

Answer 5

One as an opening to the sentence and one as a closing. Sorta Like how we use quotes. " "
Also it is before the sentence so the reader understads that they are asking a question before they actualy read it.

Answer 6

reading is way better the book retains u thinking so you get greater detail in what folks are thinking so you have more imagination

Answer 7

When reading, it sort of alerts you in advance that you are about to read a question or an exclamation.

Answer 8

it is used so you know that a question is coming in advanced so that you can ask the question as a aquestion not a statement.

Answer 9

usted piensa que que es la pregunta