Multiple Points of Exclamation!!!

Multiple Points of Exclamation!!! Multiple Points of Exclamation!!! Multiple Points of Exclamation!!! By Michael If you want to strongly emphasize a sentence, either because its emphatic or humorous, you may sparingly use a exclamation point. But use it sparingly! Its supposed to express strong emotion. Dont use more than one at the end of a sentence, unless youre a strongly-emotional fourteen-year-old girl writing on MySpace. Much better: use exclamation points no more than once per page. Like the boy who cried Wolf so often that nobody believed him when he saw a real wolf, you dont want to become known as the writer who cried Exclamation when there wasnt really anything worth exclaiming about. If the exclamation is part of a quotation, put the exclamation point inside the quotes. So, if it represents your strong emotion, put the exclamation point outside the quotation marks. If youre quoting someone else with strong emotions, put the exclamation point inside the quotes. For example: I cant believe that you used multiple exclamation points when you wrote, Whatever!!, especially at your age, Grandmother! The same can be said about interrogation marks. One is enough, even if you are really curious about what you are asking. Maeve Maddox once wrote a post here recommending writers to let the word do the work. Well, they should also let the punctuation mark do the work! No multiple exclamation or interrogation marks, please. Want to improve your English in five minutes a day? Get a subscription and start receiving our writing tips and exercises daily! Keep learning! Browse the Punctuation category, check our popular posts, or choose a related post below:Inquire vs EnquireOne Fell Swoop30 Words Invented by Shakespeare