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Old July 21, 2014, 01:58 PM
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Punctuation for consecutive questions
How does one punctuate two back-to-back questions in Spanish? (that is, if I don't want to simply combine them). For example...

—¿Dónde está? ¿Está en tu casa?

Or do I write it another way? Thank you.
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Old July 21, 2014, 02:10 PM
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It's perfect. I can't imagine a better option.
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Old July 21, 2014, 03:34 PM
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I agree with Julvenzor, but you can also use a comma to have both questions inside one pair of question marks:

—¿Dónde está, en tu casa? (Notice that the second "está" has been ellided so both questions can go together.)
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Awesome, and I would assume the same applies for ¡...! sentences. Muchísimas gracias a los dos.
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