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,
Slovene punctuation is important to realise that the full stop is left-leaning; the space is intentional (yet only few are aware of that). If a non-syntactical full stop is at the end of a sentence, it is not usual to append another full stop to it; however, doing so is not incorrect. Syntactical Use An ellipsis (in Slovene, literally 'three dots') (…) is a non-leaning punctuation mark. It expresses omission of words. Any other punctuation may or may not be appended; a full stop is usually (but not always) omitted, but other punctuation normally remains: When emphasising that whatever has been left