Previous research findings have shown that exclamation marks make comments seem generally more positive. People also use them to make judgments about the sender's emotional state. Exclamation marks ...

Especially in texts and emails, the exclamation mark has overtaken the period for a sentence that is meant to have a positive connotation You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

I was scanning the first draft of an all-staff office memo I had written the other day, trying to strike the just-right balance between exuberance and self-dignity. I reserved the most scrutiny for my ...

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Hello! Friends! The modern English language is a combination of a large number of words, marks, and special symbols. However, a few marks afford to attain the position enjoyed by the exclamation mark!

The 45th President of the United States is a big fan of a particular type of punctuation – but what does this addiction really mean? Philip Cowell finds out. There is really only one rule when it ...

It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention. My supervisor noticed the pattern and gently asked me to tone it down. At first I ...