Slovene punctuation (?) is a left-leaning punctuation mark. It is used in single clause sentences and in compound sentences in which the independent clause expresses enquiries. When a question without a question word or with "ali", or with "??" or "?!" is articulated, the pitch is anticadent, thus increased towards the end of such a sentence. Otherwise, the pitch is cadent, thus decreased towards the end of such a sentence. If the independent clause of a sentence is not interrogative, the sentence ends with a full stop or an exclamation mark. This is similar to reported speech in English. After a colon,
Irony punctuation Also it is common to use the combination of a parenthesis and a interrogation symbol as "(?" to mark irony A "SarcMark" symbol requiring custom computer font software was proposed in 2010. Another method of expressing sarcasm is by placing a tilde (~) adjacent to the punctuation. This allows for easy use with any keyboard, as well as variation. Variations include dry sarcasm (~.), enthusiastic sarcasm (~!), and sarcastic questions (~?). The sports blog "Card Chronicle" has adopted this methodology by inserting (~) after the period at the end of the sentence. It has also been adopted by the Udacity