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See also: Appendix:Variations of "?"
Translingual edit
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- Encloses a question in some languages.
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The symbols are called, in English:
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Catalan edit
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- occasionally encloses a question in modern Catalan; at other times, a lone question mark is used at the end with nothing at the beginning of the question
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- ¿ is used at the beginning of a question, with ? at the end; however, it is not mandatory to use ¿.
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Spanish edit
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- encloses a question in Spanish; equivalent in English and many other languages: ?
- ¿Cómo estás? ― How are you?
- Si tú fuiste, ¿a qué hora llegaste? ― If you went, at what time did you arrive?
Usage notes edit
- In written Spanish, the ¿ symbol is placed at the beginning of an interrogative phrase, with the ? at the end of the phrase. As SMS messaging and other forms of electronic communication have become more common, many speakers only use ? for questions and ! for exclamations, leaving out the initial typographical mark. This is considered non-standard usage.
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Further reading edit
- Inverted question and exclamation marks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia