Stylistic Variants
French usage must include a space before the question mark (for example, "Que voulez-vous boire ?"), whereas in the English language orthography no space is allowed in front of the question mark.
In typography, some stylistic variants and combinations are available:
- U+2047 ⁇ double question mark
- U+FE56 ﹖ small question mark
- U+2048 ⁈ question exclamation mark
- U+2049 ⁉ exclamation question mark
- U+203D ‽ interrobang
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