Carol Waseleski's unexpectedly diverting paper, Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in Computer-Mediated Communication, found that women used more exclamation marks than men.
Not only should children be prevented from using exclamation marks most of the time, they should also be bribed or forcibly encouraged to use more colons and semicolons, the proper use of which both reflects and encourages careful thinking.
*avoid using more than 3 exclamation points in a row or your writing will look like an album by THE GREAT KAT.
She adds that exclamation marks are "absolutely" used more by women, along with emojis and multiple letters, all of which "function the way facial expressions, intonation patterns, and voice quality function in speaking".
And she notes a curious rebound effect: "The more exclamation points you use, the more you need to use in order create an impression of exclamation".
Mary Hiatt's 1977 book The Way Women Write, which analyzed the grammar of literary texts in search of gendered trends, says women are more likely to use an exclamation mark four or more times in a 2,000 word block.
To spread his "Moral ABC," Bronner used an eye-catching bottle design that differs from your focus-grouped, corporate soap packaging in two key ways: It features approximately 10,000 more exclamation points, and it promises an amazing 18 uses.
A line of dots, and then more exclamation marks.
The more exclamation points in the message the more likely it's a scam.
Once you hear it, you'll probably want me to add more exclamation points.
