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Latest post Sun, Jul 20 2008 11:45 AM by Feebs11. 3 replies.
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Anonymous  +  543887 Sun, 20 Jul 08 10:30 AM
Hello, would somebody please tell me if putting exclamation point after a question mark if it is correct or not; the reason for putting an exclamation point is that to put 'emphasis' on the question like this example: "Isn't is enough for him that he ruined her life?!"
Vorpar  +  543892 Sun, 20 Jul 08 10:46 AM
It's not correct in formal writing. Only one punctuation mark should be used.

In very informal writing, you may also see triple exclamations!!!
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Anonymous, 1 yr 123 days ago
So, if you really want to emphasise a question strongly(like you're being sarcastic), a triple exclamation is to be used?
Feebs11  +  543947 Sun, 20 Jul 08 11:45 AM
 Only in informal writing. Generally in formal writing, the exclamation mark is to be avoided.
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