Exclamations of confusion

[Chandrasekhar]

It's a minor linguistic issue, but it's always bugged me. You know when someone writes a phrase along the lines of "She said what!?", in which both an exclamation point and a question mark are used? Well, which one of them goes first?

I personally prefer to use "!?", just because it's more aesthetically pleasing, but maybe there's a set convention on this somewhere.

 

[thetrooper]

?!? or !?!

iow abstain.

 

[Catharsis]

Interrobangs?! You want us to use interrobangs?! You are destroying our punctuation system!?

(Basically, ?! when it is a question, !? when it is an exclamation. See above sentence.)

 

[Mirc]

I like the "?!".

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Interrobangs?! You want us to use interrobangs?! You are destroying our punctuation system!?

(Basically, ?! when it is a question, !? when it is an exclamation. See above sentence.)

There's no way you actually follow that convention on a regular basis!? {Naw, it doesn't seem natural to me.)

 

[Bartleby]

I prefer !? but for non-rhetorical usage I probably would go with ?!

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I usually use "?!" but I base that on absolutely nothing.

Does that help!?

 

[AL_DA_GREAT]

Is !? and ?! even proper english?

 

[soul_warrior]

!?
i am always conviced of what im confused about, but i cant really believe it.

she actually ate the child!?

 

[soul_warrior]

Is !? and ?! even proper english?

no.
but neither is american. !!??

 

[Swedishguy]

"?!"?! What else?! ?!

 

[Masquerouge]

Well let's see about "she said what"

Without confusion you would say "she said what?"
So I believe the correct answer to express confusion is "she said what?!"

 

[Abaddon]

i prefere --> !!!???!

 

[Adamb0mb]

What kind of question is that?!

 

[Abaddon]

Depends if your worried and confused, or that your confusion is the cause of your excitement.

 

[Fifty]

When I feel like being annoyingly exclamatory it is usually through using size 7 font with lots of both!!!!!?!?!?!??!?!

 

[Whomp]

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