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What is the correct way to write a question you would verbally ask in a higher tone of voice?

How is this possible?!

OR

How is this possible!?

The subtlety lies in the punctuation.

Thanks

Igbanam
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    There is no consensus. See http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/531/is-there-a-standard-ordering-for-the-question-mark-and-the-exclamation-mark-used http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/114461/punctuating-a-question-ending-with-an-exclamatory-quotation-in-american-style and http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/41991/punctuation-of-an-exclamative-question . – choster Sep 12 '13 at 14:58
  • @choster: This should be an answer, not a comment. – Jacobm001 Sep 12 '13 at 15:06
  • Alas, there IS a punctuation mark for such a thing, but the interrobang sadly goes unused due to it not appearing on a standard QWERTY keyboard. How could they leave out such a perfect punctuation mark‽ – Zibbobz Sep 12 '13 at 15:10
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    @ Yasky: I've closevoted as Off Topic, because any relevant reference will tell you that grammatically you're required to use a question mark after a question. Any in any real-world written context it should be fairly obvious whether there's any element of surprise/exclamation in any given "question". If you're writing the words yourself, consider devices such as "How is it possible?" exclaimed {John} – FumbleFingers Sep 12 '13 at 15:25
  • @Zibbobz The interrobang goes happily unused due to it being a horrible bastardisation that at best falls into the "it was funnier the first time" category. – Jon Hanna Sep 12 '13 at 17:33

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