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i know this is like a really random question
BUT
do i write it like this >> How did you get that?! OR like this >> How did you get that!? is it the exclamation marks before question marks or the other way around? i've forgotten

2007-10-28 06:21:21 · 11 answers · asked by MizKrazy 3 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

11 answers

always like this: how do you write this?!
...you are asking a question and then making an exclamation about it.

2007-10-28 06:30:40 · answer #1 · answered by benny_chops 3 · 0 0

It is gramatically incorrect to use them both togethr, technically it should just be a question mark as it is a question. However, the common practice of using them together, people generally put the question mark before the exclamation.

2007-10-28 06:29:43 · answer #2 · answered by barracad 2 · 1 0

They're two entirely different things, and you don't use them together - ever!. At the end of a question you would normally use the question mark > ? < and if you are exclaiming surprise of any type you would us > ! <
For "effect" you can always use two or more of the same signs together although this is frowned upon by the purists ! ! !

2007-10-28 06:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by minefelloff 6 · 0 0

If you are just writing to your friends, it doesn't matter. But if you are writing for a class or publication, or something as that, use only one or the other. Technically, if you just use "How did you get that!" it is still understood that it is a 'question' but that it is also exclamatory.

2007-10-28 06:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by shellie 2 · 0 0

"How did you get that!?" to represent someone speaking as in a story. Don't forget the quote marks when writing a story ".

2007-10-28 06:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Neptune2bsure 6 · 0 0

question marks always go at the end, cos it ends your question

2007-10-28 06:43:00 · answer #6 · answered by Tilly j 2 · 0 0

I always thought you only used one or the other ... not both at the same time.

2007-10-28 06:25:54 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1 0

I always write ?! but I don't think it really matters. Hope I helped!

2007-10-28 06:24:57 · answer #8 · answered by *Scandinavian Sweetheart* 4 · 0 0

the second

2007-10-28 06:25:03 · answer #9 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 1 0

Technically neither, but do the ? first!

2007-10-28 06:25:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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