• stebo02@sopuli.xyz
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    .I feel like this analogy doesn’t entirely work because you always know where the question starts, as that’s where the sentence startS. ,And a sentence always starts where the one before ends, ¿righT? .However I still see why you say it improves readabilitY. ¡I’m sure my comment is very readable right noW!

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      I don’t mind the prefixed punctuation at all and don’t think it hurts readability in the slightest.

      Your inexplicable decision to capitalize the final letters is awful though, and definitely makes it less readable.

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      lol yeah I guess it depends on the length of the sentence and the context. Context is usually pretty clear for questions, and maybe exclamations are typically short enough that the ‘!’ is already visible anyways. Definitely wasn’t considering periods and commas in that list.

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      .I feel like this analogy doesn’t entirely work because you always know where the question starts, as that’s where the sentence startS.

      Not always. For example (translated):

      And you, ¿how are you?

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        You could write that as “And you? How are you?” so both parts of that sentence are still a question.

        However there are other examples where you’re right: “,That’s not going to happen, ¿or is it?”

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          I feel like the first example in your comment implies a different intonation than it’s equivalent in PooloverNathan’s comment. Also I feel the need to admit that I first read ¿)Nathan’s(? username as “Pool-over” as in “pull over”…