Comments on: The Interrolimb?: A New Punctuation Mark http://www.devangoldstein.com/233/interrolimb-new-punctuation-mark/ It's Devan Goldstein Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Refael http://www.devangoldstein.com/233/interrolimb-new-punctuation-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-4771 Refael Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:25:55 +0000 http://www.devangoldstein.com/?p=233#comment-4771 I think that Nathan is on the write track here. #3 works, perhaps even better if you say, "...at any of the following times..." . While I don't speak Spanish at all, I think that the idea of making clear that there is a question at beginning of a sentence makes a whole lot of sense. It's a question in my mind though if it should be done with an exclamation mark except in rare instances. I think that Nathan is on the write track here. #3 works, perhaps even better if you say, “…at any of the following times…” .

While I don’t speak Spanish at all, I think that the idea of making clear that there is a question at beginning of a sentence makes a whole lot of sense. It’s a question in my mind though if it should be done with an exclamation mark except in rare instances.

]]> By: devan http://www.devangoldstein.com/233/interrolimb-new-punctuation-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-4770 devan Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:22:44 +0000 http://www.devangoldstein.com/?p=233#comment-4770 I don't think it's about attention span; it's about reaction time. If you react more quickly than you read (as I do), then you're more likely to feel the incorrectness in the interim. Note that I don't suggest #3 is incorrect. It's just that nobody uses it, mostly (I suspect), because it feels wrong to them, too. On Facebook, <a href="http://kiszka-ekroczek.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Eric</a> had the same suggestion you did about the ¿. I'm open to that idea. Let's let the people decide. I don’t think it’s about attention span; it’s about reaction time. If you react more quickly than you read (as I do), then you’re more likely to feel the incorrectness in the interim.

Note that I don’t suggest #3 is incorrect. It’s just that nobody uses it, mostly (I suspect), because it feels wrong to them, too.

On Facebook, Eric had the same suggestion you did about the ¿. I’m open to that idea. Let’s let the people decide.

]]> By: Nathan Peretic http://www.devangoldstein.com/233/interrolimb-new-punctuation-mark/comment-page-1/#comment-4769 Nathan Peretic Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:17:53 +0000 http://www.devangoldstein.com/?p=233#comment-4769 I must protest that #3 is both correct and feels correct for anyone with an attention span long enough to read one English sentence. Alternatively, why not use the Spanish ¿ to mark the beginning of an interrogative sentence? No ambiguity there. I must protest that #3 is both correct and feels correct for anyone with an attention span long enough to read one English sentence. Alternatively, why not use the Spanish ¿ to mark the beginning of an interrogative sentence? No ambiguity there.

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