Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

An exclamation mark is used at the end of the exclamatory sentences. Check out the examples:

When the exclamation mark is applied to words inside the parenthesis, it is placed inside the parentheses. But when it is applied to the whole sentence, it is used outside the parentheses. Here are the examples:

You can also put an exclamation mark in parenthesis to emphasize a single word in a sentence or to show that a particular part of the sentence is surprising. Do not insert a space between the word and the parenthesis. For example:

If the exclamation mark is applied to the words inside the quotation, then it is used inside the quotation marks, but if it is applied to the whole sentence, then it is used after the quotation mark. For example:

Sometimes a declarative sentence is followed by an exclamation mark and although it is not in the exclamatory mood, it has to be read with emphasis on particular words to indicate the sense of anger, sadness, unhappiness, etc. in the sentence.

'Exclamation questions' are interrogative sentences that are not followed by a question mark; instead, they are followed by an exclamation mark, so they express the meaning and emotions of an exclamatory sentence instead of asking for an answer. For example:

Usually, the interrogative words are followed by an auxiliary verb to make an interrogative sentence, but what and how sometimes use anastrophe (which means the order of words is inverted deliberately) to make a sentence in exclamatory mood. The important point is to use an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence. Here are the examples:

The question mark is used to indicate that the sentence is an interrogative one and demands an answer. Let us compare these two examples:

In the first example, the speaker is asking whether the person they are talking to is Jimmy or not. However, in the second example, the person is calling Jimmy.

You have to use a question mark wherever you need an answer, even when there are multiple questions to be answered. Here are the examples:

Do not use a question mark before or after a comma or a period, unless there is an abbreviation that has a period in the end or the question is part of a title. For example:

We could also use question marks for a question within a sentence, let's see:

We could also use the question mark to indicate uncertainly, either in parenthesis or brackets.

When there is a quotation mark, you just have to use the question mark after it. Here are the examples: