The Chicago Style Manual - Put a smile on your style dial!

Q. Is it ever proper to put a question mark and an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence in formal writing? This author is giving me a fit with some of her overkill emphases.

A. In formal writing, we allow both marks only in the event that the author was being physically assaulted while writing. Otherwise, no.


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