Comments on: An Exclamation Point is Like a Promise

By: CT

CT — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:08:52 +0000

This is one of the best articles I’ve ever read. Thank you for putting this together. I have had continuous conversations with people using unnecessary exclamation points, more than one exclamation point, or using all caps.
I usually reply to their emails or texts with, “Why are you yelling at me?”
I cringe every time I see an email end with something like this: “PLEASE GET THIS BACK TO ME ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

By: reyjr

reyjr — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:26:17 +0000

I tweeted this – “Do you read an exclamation point in your mind? I do. Hehe. I read “This.” differently from “THIS!!!” headache. ouch!”

…and my friend Jan pointed me to this wonderfully written post. Hahaha!

By: eric

eric — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:47:22 +0000

Author was truman Capote

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By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:07:32 +0000

I reserve the right to use my exclamation point!!! I want the reassuring feeling I can take it out from my bag of tricks and use it, especially when a clear and present danger warrants its use. Nah. Of course, I know where you're coming from. That's a lovely thought - I haven't thought it that way before. Writing that's pockmarked with exclamatory points smacks of childishness. It's as if the writer would like to get his way with readers by stomping his feet. Liable to hurt himself in the process. His rep rather. An exclamation point is a promise? Well, that's strange - I always see it as a bark, an order, a call to arms. You may not have used it in this post, but I'm now going to check my post for signs of exclamatory abuse. jan geronimo’s last blog post..Guess My Last Nominee in Top 10 Influential Blogs to Win Free Cell Phone Airtime Credits

By: Mark Twain

Mark Twain — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:22:57 +0000

I couldn’t agree more! And upon asking them, neither can “our friends the Bermudians”!

That’s why I only used ten in the first seven pages of “The Innocents Abroad”!

Anymore than that and people might have begun to think I was being sarcastic!

By: Jannie Funster

Jannie Funster — Sat, 30 May 2009 17:43:26 +0000

Now I’ll be reviewing all my posts to scrutinize each and every exclamation point therein!!!

Whoops, take back those !!!!

Shoot, too late!!!!!

But seriously, luckily I never abuse semi-colons because I have never had any earthly idea how to use them. When in doubt – avoid. Except for typing the first part of the smiley-face with them.

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By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:06:16 +0000

Isn’t it funny how we all have punctuation marks that we favor and use frequently? I’m a big fan of the em dash. It’s also funny that we both wrote about exclamation marks this week. I guess punctuation is the topic du jour. Or the topic du semaine, rather.

Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..Punctuation: The Exclamation Mark