http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/03/04/what-the/ language + usage Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:36:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/03/04/what-the/comment-page-1/#comment-78 bloodywellwrite Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:43:26 +0000 http://bloodywellwrite.com/?p=183#comment-78 The interrobang (‽) is a special (and I mean very special) punctuation mark that can be used at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question. With just a little nosing around, I couldn't find it in my symbols or special characters. I'm sure there's some fancy keystroke (but a simpler one on a Mac) for it, but I just copied and pasted the one above. The accepted way to get around that special character is, as you typed, "?!" I'd have to say, though, that the interrobang should be used as sparingly as, or even more sparingly than, the exclamation point. It can make the writing seem unprofessional, perhaps comical. Too many of those dudes, and you'll have readers tune out. But thanks for bringing it to attention! The interrobang (‽) is a special (and I mean very special) punctuation mark that can be used at the end of an exclamatory rhetorical question. With just a little nosing around, I couldn’t find it in my symbols or special characters. I’m sure there’s some fancy keystroke (but a simpler one on a Mac) for it, but I just copied and pasted the one above. The accepted way to get around that special character is, as you typed, “?!” I’d have to say, though, that the interrobang should be used as sparingly as, or even more sparingly than, the exclamation point. It can make the writing seem unprofessional, perhaps comical. Too many of those dudes, and you’ll have readers tune out. But thanks for bringing it to attention!

]]> http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/03/04/what-the/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Todd Puckett Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:17:39 +0000 http://bloodywellwrite.com/?p=183#comment-77 "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke." F. Scott Fitzgerald “An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald

]]> http://www.bloodywellwrite.com/2009/03/04/what-the/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Dave Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:56:50 +0000 http://bloodywellwrite.com/?p=183#comment-76 what about the interrobang? (?!) what about the interrobang? (?!)

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