It is because a single question mark suffices to point out that the sentence is indeed a question. However, it does not provide sufficient information to determine just how questiony the sentence is.
Two question marks indicate a much more questiony question. Three is for really, really, REALLY questiony questions. More than three is a mistake.
Get it???
Those are probably the same people who put three periods at the end of their sentence... but then continue writing!
one is enough wrote:
I'm not a grammar nazi, but I'm genuinely curious as to what is going through someone's head when they put four or five question marks at the end of a question. Why do you do it? (See how one was enough just there?)
For emphasis!!!!!
one is enough wrote:
I'm not a grammar nazi, but I'm genuinely curious as to what is going through someone's head when they put four or five question marks at the end of a question. Why do you do it? (See how one was enough just there?)
People do it to annoy YOU!!!!! It's all about YOU!!!!!!! Isn't that reason enought?!?!?
It's a way to differentiate between known unknowns and unknown unknowns.
Yeah, but whyyyyyyy?????? worry about it?
one is enough wrote:
I'm not a grammar nazi, but I'm genuinely curious as to what is going through someone's head when they put four or five question marks at the end of a question. Why do you do it? (See how one was enough just there?)
Interesting. So, you've ever heard of an emoji? Do you own a cell phone? Have you seen a text message? Ever heard of social media? Have you really never seen the way language/grammar/spelling is used in a very informal/non-traditional way lately, especially on anonymous message boards, texting, tweets, Facebook posts and the like?
I'll break it down since you are an idiot or have been asleep for the last 20 years. An emoji isn't even language. It's just a symbol. Essentially people are using symbols (including punctuation) to convey meaning. In this case, when they use excess punctuation, it's to meant to convey more than what they believe a single question mark would accomplish. In your case, for example, someone would ask "are you really this big of an idiot?" amazed at your ignorance, but they may want to emphasise how truly shocked they are with your ignorance by using multiple question marks: "are you really this big of an idiot?????" It's an exaggeration to communicate meaning. However, it's lost on you because you are an idiot.
It is actually a chess notation.
!- Good move
!!!- Probable game-winning move
?- questionable move
???- blunder
!?- unexpected move; consequences unclear
Multiple question marks or exclamation marks show semantically that the question or statement punctuated has special or significant importance.
What should I have for dinner?
Did you kill my father???
Why not????????
It is impossible to convey emotion/emphasis in plain text unless I suppose you are Shakespear. And no, emojis are not available everywhere on every system. That is the reason.
Next question.
It's supposed to indicate how much the person's voice raises at the end of the sentence. If there's 3 question marks, there voice gets really high at the end.
missed the last 20 years wrote:
one is enough wrote:I'm not a grammar nazi, but I'm genuinely curious as to what is going through someone's head when they put four or five question marks at the end of a question. Why do you do it? (See how one was enough just there?)
Interesting. So, you've ever heard of an emoji? Do you own a cell phone? Have you seen a text message? Ever heard of social media? Have you really never seen the way language/grammar/spelling is used in a very informal/non-traditional way lately, especially on anonymous message boards, texting, tweets, Facebook posts and the like?
I'll break it down since you are an idiot or have been asleep for the last 20 years. An emoji isn't even language. It's just a symbol. Essentially people are using symbols (including punctuation) to convey meaning. In this case, when they use excess punctuation, it's to meant to convey more than what they believe a single question mark would accomplish. In your case, for example, someone would ask "are you really this big of an idiot?" amazed at your ignorance, but they may want to emphasise how truly shocked they are with your ignorance by using multiple question marks: "are you really this big of an idiot?????" It's an exaggeration to communicate meaning. However, it's lost on you because you are an idiot.
The emoji guy had it correct! Putting multiple ? at the end of question is like the emoji-less way to make this facial expression 😳
Understood???
leftmiddleright wrote:
Those are probably the same people who put three periods at the end of their sentence... but then continue writing!
POTY 2016
not hard to understand wrote:
one is enough wrote:
I'm not a grammar nazi, but I'm genuinely curious as to what is going through someone's head when they put four or five question marks at the end of a question. Why do you do it? (See how one was enough just there?)
For emphasis!!!!!
Most understand the message of multiple punctuation marks. The message is quite different than that of a single mark.
Whether the message of greater emphasis is appropriate or not is a different question.
not true. !! is brilliant move not !!!. and ?? is blunder not ???. Using more than two ?s or !s in a sentence in chess is incorrect.
Who cares? How does that impact you in any way?
You idiots make this out to be some big hardship, some huge ordeal. Meanwhile civilians in Ukraine are getting bombed.
You crybaby losers need to find something else to complain about.