Previous research findings have shown that exclamation marks make comments seem generally more positive. People also use them ...

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 ...

As the global pandemic pushes more communication from in-person to text, there is even greater opportunity for confusion over digital messages. In the past six months, you may have appeared ...

Does this sign really need four exclamation points? Image: Eva the Weaver Hey!! Have you noticed that everyone who emails you seems to be super excited all the time!? Those are some perky emails!!

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 ...

The only literary work about punctuation I'm aware of is an odd early story by Anton Chekhov called "The Exclamation Mark." After getting into an argument with a colleague about punctuation, a school ...

If there is any feeling to be found in the joyless brick of human knowledge that we call the smartphone, certainly, it lives in our punctuation. On a rainy Monday morning, I found myself thinking, as ...

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