Excessive Exclamation!!: March 2013

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

!!!!! Misfeed has occurred. !!!!!

Submitted by Shawn, who writes,

"The photocopier in the library wants me to know that a misfeed has occurred! And it must be really serious judging by the number of exclamation marks!!"

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

N.D. Recycling!!!!

Bring your cans to N.D. Recycling...they're pumped to save the environment!!!!

Monday, March 18, 2013

See you there!!!!

I'm hoping that the smiley face is a recognition of how silly all those exclamation points are.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Drop a Dress Size!!

And, while you're at it, drop an exclamation point!!

Monday, March 11, 2013

Master Catechist Graduates!!!

They are master catechists, not master punctuators.

No Students In The Copy Room!!!

I have to be honest. If I were a student, the triple exclamation would only further my desire to enter the copy room.

The Grammar Police

The exclamation point is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a sentence. Example, "Watch Out!" A Sentence ending in an exclamation mark is an actual exclamation ("Wow!", "Boo!"), the imperative mood ("Stop!"), or intended to be astonishing or show astonishment ("They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!). Overly frequent use of the exclamation mark is generally considered poor writing, for it distracts the reader and reduces the mark's meaning. And, as F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes."