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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Question mark or exclamation?

Hi,

'Jack switched sides.'

'What!'

Can 'what!' be used like this (with exclamation point) to express surprise? Or should what always be followed by question mark?


Thank you a lot.

  

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' be used like this (with exclamation point) to express surprise? No. The intonation is wrong.

— Anonymous

  • ' be used like this (with exclamation point) to express surprise?
  • No.
  • The intonation is wrong.
  • anonymous should what always be followed by question mark?
  • Yes, but in fiction you can use typography in any way you think will convey what you want (but you had better be right).
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anonymousCan 'what!' be used like this (with exclamation point) to express surprise?

No. The intonation is wrong.

anonymousshould what always be followed by question mark?

Yes, but in fiction you can use typography in any way you think will convey what you want (but you had better be right). Some writers would make

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