<P> Some Spanish - language writers, among them Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda (1904--1973), refuse to use the inverted question mark . It is common in Internet chat rooms and instant messaging now to use only the single "?" as an ending symbol for a question, since it saves typing time . Multiple closing symbols are used for emphasis: "Por qué dices eso??", instead of the standard "¿ Por qué dices eso?" ("Why do you say that?"). Some may also use the ending symbol for both beginning and ending, giving "? Por qué dices eso?" Given the informal setting, this might be unimportant; however, teachers see this as a problem, fearing and claiming that contemporary young people are inappropriately and incorrectly extending the practice to academic homework and essays . (See Internet linguistics § Educational perspective) </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is missing information about how inverted punctuation came about in the languages of Spain . Please expand the article to include this information . Further details may exist on the talk page . (October 2014) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is missing information about how inverted punctuation came about in the languages of Spain . Please expand the article to include this information . Further details may exist on the talk page . (October 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> In 1668, John Wilkins proposed using the inverted exclamation mark "¡" as a symbol at the end of a sentence to denote irony . He was one of many, including Desiderius Erasmus, who felt there was a need for such a punctuation mark, but Wilkins' proposal, as was true of the other attempts, failed to take hold . </P>

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