Six centuries after its invention, the humble ! peppers private messages and public announcements, provoking both joy and fury. Imagine getting worked up about a comma or a full stop!!! The ...

Orange Note In The Shape Of Comic Bubbles. Pink Background. Crazy! Lol!! Super!!! In a nation of ecstasists that uses expressions like great to describe everything from a cup of coffee to a night’s ...

Hi, readers! Let’s talk about email! What’s with all the exclamation points?! I’m serious. Have you noticed how this one punctuation mark dominates your email messages — both those you get and those ...

The only literary work about punctuation I'm aware of is an odd early story by Anton Chekhov called "The Exclamation Mark." After getting into an argument with a colleague about punctuation, a school ...