Phoenix Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Just wondering what people thought about this stuff. My personal opinion is that at least in certain areas, we could hold onto our edjucation and write properly. I also don't think it hurts that much to go 1337ing every once in awhile. Also the ?!/!? Thing. I aced grammer in school but I forgot what the proper one was along time ago. I used to use the !? but then I switched to the ?! when I wrote the Dragon Lords. Now I'm not sure which one is right. so... I'm not voting on that poll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Delicious irony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masu Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I dont care as long as you can understand what the person is saying. Like im not gonna scream like a bitch if someone doesnt use apostrophes or mispells a word by forgetting a extra letter or something (as you can see I do it myself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florete Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Grammar, eh? I hate it when people just throw their grammar out the window for any given reason. It's one of my biggest pet peeves. As for the !? or ?! thing, I occasionally use !?, but it really doesn't matter to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 You aced grammar and can't spell it. Impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kommissar Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 In before ten thousand more posts of people pointing out a spelling error without reading the previous posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolDeath Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 It deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Grammar, eh? Holy shit, you found the joke! I prefer ?! except in the case of rhetorical questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuli Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I always use ?!. !? Looks weird to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ϲharlie Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I'd recommend avoiding both "?!" and "!?" if you're writing a story or a formal piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 By logic, I would assume the '?' comes before the '!' as it would be an excited question, not a questionable excition. If that makes sense to someone. I've used '?!' as it seems fit in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wist Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) I always thought that !? looked better, but in video games (the only type of work in which I can recall having seen the two characters together) I only remember having seen ?!. I switched to using ?! because of that. In the kind of writing in which you're likely to use the characters together I don't think it too much matters unless you want to indicate a phrase as primarily a question or an exclamation. This is, however, my own opinion and not sourced from any formal rule that may possibly apply. If you like you could use ‽ instead, but I've no idea how common or accepted the symbol is. Edit (2008.12.18): Does this hold any credence at all? Edited December 18, 2008 by Wist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) I utilize "?!" most often because it seems to be the most popular. However, I don't know why, but "!?" seems to look a bit better. I don't know, I guess the "!" before the "?" makes it sound more like a statement, so you could almost use it for something like "What!?", but the "?" before the "!" could just be used as a powerful questioning, like "What do you think you're doing?!" Edited December 18, 2008 by Esau of Isaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yeah I noticed some punctuation and spelling errors in my first post. That's what happens when I multitask. I did ace that class though. Not sure why or how I didn't bother to edit it because I wanted to see if anyone would notice. Sure enough <_< Like Esau said though, ?! is definitely the more popular, and it's the one I use most often. Awhile back though, I used the !?. I think the main reason !? looks better is because of the shape: ?! !? I don't know, ?! just fits better I guess. Hey... ?! looks like a girl and a guy getting nice and close Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGV Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Well first of all I spell it grammar Other than that, I don't worry about some details such as those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingy Person Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) I've always considered "!?" to be an exclamation with a hint of an indirect question woven in and "?!" as a question that serves more like an exclamation. Example: "All thirty billion of my children have spontaneouly combusted!?" "WHAT THE SHITTING DICK NIPPLE IS THAT?!" Edited December 18, 2008 by Thingy Person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Well first of all I spell it grammar I know how gr4mm4r is spelled. It's a consistent typo. I didn't edit it because like Fox, I appretiate irony, even this kind :P The votes are still even on ?!, and !?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uguu Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 Docter. In any case, I'm what you might call a 'grammar whore'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Docter. In any case, I'm what you might call a 'grammar whore'. This forum needs a 1337 wh0r3 too don't ya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingy Person Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 This forum needs a 1337 wh0r3 too don't ya think? It also needs a grammar nazi, what with all the kommisars and kommunists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuuda Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) You spelt grammar wrong in the title. Sweet! I can see what the title of the spelling topic should be: "is, spelling Important?" Edited December 18, 2008 by Shuuda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defeatist Elitist Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I've always considered "!?" to be an exclamation with a hint of an indirect question woven in and "?!" as a question that serves more like an exclamation.Example: "All thirty billion of my children have spontaneouly combusted!?" "WHAT THE COCK SHITTING DICK NIPPLE IS THAT?!" I just fixed your post, don't mind me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kintenbo Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 gramer r gae!!!!! gramer iz fro studip ppl!!!! u mst dei gramer nzais!!! Really, I can't take anyone who uses majorly bad grammar seriously. Minor errors such as misplaced commas or typos are ok, but spelling you like "u" and things like that is bad. It doesn't help that my brother used to type like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuli Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I used to type like that too until being mature kicked in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Hero Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 I'll kick the grammar out of anyone who uses "?!". The ! needs to be in front of the ?. Otherwise, it's taking up too much space and screwing over the reson for Enlgish- the uber language that's more concise than anything else. ?! is also bad because it doesn't fit because of the hump on the ?. Put the ! in front of the ? and they fit together perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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