# Check Spanish punctuation

**URL:** <https://forum.xbench.net/t/check-spanish-punctuation/1079>\
**Category:** Technical Support\
**Created:** [November 14, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/check-spanish-punctuation/1079 "2023-11-14T10:23:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Luis](https://forum.xbench.net/u/Luis)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/check-spanish-punctuation/1079/1 "2023-11-14T10:23:40Z")

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Hi, everyone! It’s a pleasure to e-meet you all!

I have a question regarding checks for Spanish punctuation.

I would like to create a personal checklist to catch those instances in which I forget to add the opening or closing exclamation or interrogation marks in the source text. So if I only use one of those, I will be alerted. Do you think of any possible workaround?

Thank you in advance for your help!

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**Author:** ![omartin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.xbench.net/omartin/32/82_2.png) [@omartin](https://forum.xbench.net/u/omartin)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/check-spanish-punctuation/1079/2 "2023-11-14T12:21:44Z")

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Hi Luis,

Try the following searches:

1. Missing opening question mark  
Target: `"\?" "[^¿]+\?"`

2. Missing opening exclamation mark  
Target: `"\!" "[^¡]+\!"`

Search mode: Regular Expressions  
PowerSearch: : On

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**Author:** ![Luis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3e96dc/32.png) [@Luis](https://forum.xbench.net/u/Luis)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.xbench.net/t/check-spanish-punctuation/1079/3 "2023-11-14T12:36:13Z")

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> [@omartin](#):
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> Missing opening exclamation mark

Thank you so much! It works perfectly! :))