Many writers, especially in informal writing, have used multiple punctuation marks to end a sentence expressing surprise and question. Here's an example: What the...?! Neves, Called Dead in Fall, Denies It (Headline from San Francisco Examiner, May 9, 1936) The question mark frequently comes first, although there is no universal style rule on the subject. Writers using informal language may use several alternating question marks and exclamation marks for even more emphasis: He did what?!?!?! Like multiple exclamation marks and multiple question marks, such strings count as poor style in formal writing. The same as writing eg instead of "for example" Writers have combined question marks and exclamation marks ,along with using multiple punctuation marks for decades and these were prevalent in informal media such as print advertisements and comic books.