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People have ~feelings~ about the exclamation point (Florence Hazrat interview)

Grammar Girl: For Writers and Language Lovers.

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The Evolution of Punctuation Marks

Punctuation is used online to indicate not so much grammar, but how things should sound or the rhythm of something. So do you see that as sort of the natural evolution from the original exclamation point or is it a new development? "I think punctuation has always been a way of putting the body back into something that's potentially quite flat"

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