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How would you define "?!" vs "!?" ? I agree they're different. To me the "greater" feeling comes second. "?!" is more surprising, while "!?" is more confusing.
by joombaga 5y ago
How would you define "?!" vs "!?" ? I agree they're different. To me the "greater" feeling comes second. "?!" is more surprising, while "!?" is more confusing. With "‽" the feelings are equal.
- willhinsa 5y agoI agree with you on ‽, but differ with you on the "!?" and "?!" -- for me, the first character is the stronger marker of sentiment.
- rplst8 5y agoIf I could roughly generalize the sentiment: Are you just going to stand there and lie through your teeth?! Have you ever seen such an amazing sunset!?
- CRConrad 5y agoSo you're with joombaga, not willhimsa -- right?
- iggldiggl 5y agoI'd tend towards willhinsa and yes, I'd rather switch the question and exclamation marks around in rplst8's examples.
- joombaga 5y agoMy thought is that punctuation "terminates" a sentence, and so the mark that's further to the right is "terminated" later, therefore it more represents the overall sentiment. The left punctuation mark is like a modifier; it's an adjective before a noun.
- Y_Y 5y agoAre you just going to stand there and tell me this isn't the most amazing sunset you've ever seen‽
- iggldiggl 5y agoI think I'd agree with that, too, i.e. the first character being the stronger marker.