Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Excessive Exclamation!!
I came across a great blog -- Excessive Exclamation!! The blog is dedicated to posting photographs of signs that are excessively exclamatory. For example:
"Please Pay FIRST!!"
Or my personal favorite:
"You are weerd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The blog exposes something approaching an epidemic of ! usage and quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald's observation that "[a]n exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes." Visitors are encouraged to submit their own photos. Submit yours today!!!!!
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https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2012/08/excessive-exclamation.html
Never mind photographs of signs. Exclamation points are all but mandatory in email correspondence. If you don't use an exclamation point (or a smiley face), you sound depressed.
Posted by: Mary Campbell Gallagher, J.D., Ph.D. | Aug 15, 2012 5:42:32 AM