#190 V̶I+
Weir uses combinations of punctuation marks, multiple . ! or ?
characters in a row, a total of 77 times in Project Hail Mary.
The vast majority are ?! combinations, which occur 72 times. There are also 3 instances of !!! and 2 of ., (in numerical contexts).
By speaker:
| ?! | !!! | |
|---|---|---|
| Grace (speech) | 44 | 0 |
| Narration | 10 | 2 |
| Rocky | 8 | 1 |
| Stratt | 4 | 0 |
| Shocked JPL Person | 1 | 0 |
| Dr. Browne | 1 | 0 |
| Abby | 1 | 0 |
| Steve | 1 | 0 |
| Dimitri | 1 | 0 |
| Ilyukhina | 1 | 0 |
Grace accounts for well over half of all ?! usage in the book (44 of 72). Rocky uses ?! eight times.
Rocky’s lone !!! comes from his musical notation outburst in chapter 11: "♩♪♫♪!!!". The other two !!! instances are both in chapter 22, in the same paragraph: the ship’s life support alert "!!!LIMITED DURATION, NON-RENEWABLE!!!".
Pretty awesome, yes?!
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