Exclamation points used to be a rare signal of extreme intensity. Now they're everywhere, from news headlines to business emails and text messages. Thanks to our smartphone-obsessed culture, the ...

I have nothing against rules. They’re indispensable when playing Monopoly or gin rummy, and their observance can go a long way toward improving a ride on the subway. The rule of law? Big fan. The ...

Word, word, word, word, word, punctuation mark. This is how we read. Sometimes there are more words, or fewer. Occasionally additional marks—commas, em-dashes—enter the mix. But that’s pretty much how ...

Exclamation points used to be something you allowed yourself, a secret weapon unsheathed only at a rare and necessary moment, like Wolverine’s adamantium claws. To throw them around willy-nilly was a ...

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There's a lot of pressure associated with texting a new match — something as simple as "LOL" may be the reason you never hear from him again. Even an exclamation point seems to tick some people off.

Boo! Chiz!! Frantic news!!! The Department for Education has issued a ukase (or “guidance”, as they prefer to call it) on the use of exclamation marks by seven-year-olds. Nigel Molesworth and JCT ...

Plenty of people are guilty of using exclamation points a little too freely from time to time, but apparently James Franklin is one of those who uses them in excess. The Penn State football coach ...

Some people who have been told to avoid them are wondering. (The rest of us don’t care!) By Emma Goldberg Meredith Golden says that finding your soulmate on Tinder is easy, as long as you swear off ...

The outfit you wear in your photos, what you write in your bio, even your grammar and punctuation in messages can determine your online dating game. Products available for purchase through affiliate ...

Benjamin Dreyer shares his decades of language experience in his new book, "Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style." Grammar Guru Banishes The Exclamation Mark In New Grammar ...

I have nothing against rules. They’re indispensable when playing Monopoly or gin rummy, and their observance can go a long way toward improving a ride on the subway. The rule of law? Big fan. The ...