#Greek question mark prank full#

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#Greek question mark prank full#

The rest of the punctuation marks, such as the full stop (.), the comma (,), the exclamation mark (!), and the suspension points (вЂ¦) are the same as in English. The English quotes are used only when it is necessary to add another set of quotes in the quoted sentence. вЂњHe had no money he left his wallet (at home).вЂќ The Greek Quote Marks | О¤О± О•О»О»О·ОЅО№ОєО¬ О•О№ПѓО±ОіП‰ОіО№ОєО¬ДЄs you might have already noticed from the above examples, the Greek quote marks are the same as the ones used in the French language: В«В» If the English semicolon is the Greek question mark, what symbol represents the Greek semicolon? The punctuation mark that is used in this case is the В«О¬ОЅП‰ П„ОµО»ОµОЇО±В» or вЂњup dotвЂќ, which is basically an interpunct: кћЏ вЂњHow are you?вЂќ The Greek Semicolon | О— О†ОЅП‰ О¤ОµО»ОµОЇО± Many programmers, in fact, take advantage of this to prank their colleagues by replacing the semicolons in the JavaScript with Greek question marks. Yes, the Greek question mark is the English semicolon and it is used at the end of all direct questions. Most people will understand that you are asking a question, however, the correct Greek question mark is the following: If you are using this question mark (?) at the end of a question in Greek, you are grammatically wrong. Although most punctuation marks are used in the same way, there are also many differences. One of the most common assumptions Greek language students have when starting their learning journey is that the Greek punctuation marks are the same as the ones used in English or other European languages.

What is the Greek question mark? Why do the Greek quotation marks look so different?