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Q&A Ending a line of dialogue with "?!": Allowed or obnoxious?

The combination "?!" has been in common usage enough that the interrobang (‽) was suggested as a punctuation mark to replace the need to use two symbols. Note that the interrobang (and thus the in...

posted 5y ago by Keith Morrison‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:44:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Keith Morrison‭ · 2019-12-08T12:44:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
The combination "?!" has been in common usage enough that the interrobang (‽) was suggested as a punctuation mark to replace the need to use two symbols.

Note that the interrobang (and thus the intent to use "?!") would normally not be used in formal writing, but was used in the ruling of a 2012 US court case, _Robert F. Booth Trust v. Crowley_

In any event, I know I've seen ?! in written fiction aside from comics, although it tends to be more recent.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-08-17T05:09:03Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 11