en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/552345 Comments by MaryTeresa http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/05/contest-and-full-interview-grammar-girl-aka-mignon-fogarty/#IDComment22429073 I like the way Spanish uses the upside down question mark at the beginning of a question to alert you that the upcoming sentence is going to be a question (which allows you to adjust your intonation appropriately if reading aloud). They use the upside down exclamation mark in a similar way. Wed, 27 May 2009 15:49:49 +0000 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2009/05/contest-and-full-interview-grammar-girl-aka-mignon-fogarty/#IDComment22429073