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See also: Appendix:Variations of "?"
Translingual
[edit]Punctuation mark
[edit]- Encloses a question in some languages.
Usage notes
[edit]The symbols are called, in English:
- ¿ = rotated question mark (also 'turned', 'inverted')
- ? = question mark
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Punctuation mark
[edit]- 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
Usage notes
[edit]- ⟨¿⟩ is used at the beginning of a question, with ⟨?⟩ at the end; however, it is not mandatory to use ⟨¿⟩.
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[edit]Spanish
[edit]Punctuation mark
[edit]- 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 ⟨¿⟩ mark 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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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Rotated question and exclamation marks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Punctuation mark
[edit]¿ ? (archaic)
- encloses a question in Tagalog
Usage notes
[edit]- In writing, the ⟨¿⟩ mark is placed at the beginning of an interrogative phrase, with the ⟨?⟩ at the end of the phrase.
- This was common in Classical Tagalog, but fell out of use replaced by ⟨?⟩ outside of literature.
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