Slovene punctuation the clause keeps its own punctuation mark. A question mark need not be a sentence terminating punctuation mark; it may be used in inserted sentences. In certain cases, the question mark may be doubled (for emphasis of a repeated question), or it may be combined with an exclamation mark in emphatic and emotional contexts. Non-Syntactical Use A question mark can be used non-syntactically if it denotes doubt. Syntactical Use A colon (:) is a left-leaning punctuation mark. It is used in various ways as described below. 1. to introduce direct speech after an accompanying sentence 2. in enumeration, expatiation or
Slovene punctuation it 'touches' the preceding word, but is followed by a space. It is ordinarily used at the end of a neutral declaratory sentence, be it a real sentence with a predicate or a non-sentence. When a statement is articulated, the pitch is cadent, thus decreased towards the end of such a sentence. In an indicative compound sentence with the last part an independent clause that does not end in a full stop, the full stop is omitted. The final punctuation mark of a quoted sentence (with or without inverted commas) within a declaratory sentence is omitted if the quoted sentence