Board 8 > So which is better, "?!" or "!?"

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Grand Kirby
12/30/11 9:41:00 PM
#1:


I guess I've always used "?!" without really thinking about it, but I wonder what reads better.

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_Regaro_
12/30/11 9:42:00 PM
#2:


I always go with ?!? or !?!, but I use them more interchangably, depending on how much of a question I think the statement is <_<

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ScorpioVS
12/30/11 9:43:00 PM
#3:


I typically go !?

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LeonhartFour
12/30/11 9:43:00 PM
#4:


?!

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MartinFF7
12/30/11 9:44:00 PM
#5:


Definitely ?!, I always use it without really thinking about it but, when you think about it, it intuitively makes sense.

I mean, "!" is the ending, there should be nothing after that other than another "!" (or a "1" if you're being a smartass)

Edit: or "!?!" of varying length, like in Regaro's example
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MrSmartGuy
12/30/11 9:46:00 PM
#6:


?!

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mnkboy907
12/30/11 9:46:00 PM
#7:


I usually always go !?, because I think the ! looks better on the left side of the ?.

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shadosneko
12/30/11 9:48:00 PM
#8:


It depends on the context.

Why would you do this?!

Wow!?

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ScepterOfLove
12/30/11 9:49:00 PM
#9:


?!

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Tom Bombadil
12/30/11 9:57:00 PM
#10:


Neither, I always use at least three!?!

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Dr_Football
12/30/11 9:59:00 PM
#11:


?!?

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OctilIery
12/30/11 10:01:00 PM
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?! for questioning/disbelief

!? for shock and amazement

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TheRock1525
12/30/11 10:06:00 PM
#13:


!? makes more sense to me since, if I'm asking a question, I want it to end in a question mark.

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Nevest
12/30/11 10:08:00 PM
#14:


From: ScepterOfLove | #009
?!


From: OctilIery | #012
?! for questioning/disbelief

!? for shock and amazement





These.

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Psycho_Kenshin
12/30/11 10:09:00 PM
#15:


Always ?!

Metal Gear...?!

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Ace_Killjoy
12/30/11 10:18:00 PM
#16:


I use "?!" to represent that my exclamation is primarily a question. That's just how I make sense of it.

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ExThaNemesis
12/30/11 10:19:00 PM
#17:


interrobang ftw

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TimJab
12/30/11 10:19:00 PM
#18:


?!

I'd be really surprised if that's not the official grammatically correct option, since it makes the most sense.

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pjbasis
12/30/11 10:28:00 PM
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?! is an interjection being described by its inquisitive nature.

!? is a question being described by its exclamatory nature.

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swirIdude
12/30/11 10:28:00 PM
#20:


?!

I don't see any reason for !? to be used.

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dowolf
12/30/11 10:35:00 PM
#21:


?!

It's an interrobang, not a banginterro.

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ShadowHalo17
12/30/11 10:51:00 PM
#22:


I don't know which one I use more often, I think I switch back and forth.

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th3l3fty
12/30/11 11:50:00 PM
#23:


!? solely because it looks better that way

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SMOKEDOG42O
12/30/11 11:51:00 PM
#24:


"?!"

You're asking a dumbfounded question, so it only makes sense to have the question mark first.

I don't know if there are any grammatical rules about this, but that's what I've always gone with.

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metroid composite
12/31/11 2:54:00 PM
#26:


!?

Either that or !!! as seen in AYB.

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Black_Hydras
12/31/11 2:56:00 PM
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?!

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CrimsonOcean
12/31/11 3:08:00 PM
#28:


!?

Anyone using ?! is a lamer.

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Emporer_Kazbar
12/31/11 3:17:00 PM
#29:


?!

Anyone using !? is an even lamer lamer.

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KingButz
12/31/11 3:25:00 PM
#30:


%u203D is best

EDIT: oh ;_;

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SSBDarren64
12/31/11 3:25:00 PM
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!?

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GenesisSaga
12/31/11 3:54:00 PM
#32:


!?

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