Excessive Exclamation!!

Monday, June 25, 2012

You are invited!!

I guess punctuation is not one of the topics touched on at this Vacation Bible "School."

Second Wednesday!!!

What? You don't find it exciting that July 11th is the second Wednesday of the month this year??

Monday, June 11, 2012

We got it!!

Not sure where the Copper River is, or how the salmon from that river tastes, but I want it!!

Celebrate with your Graduate in Style!!

Celebrate in style, and then ask your graduate how to use proper punctuation!!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Home Run!!! Go Mariners!!!

If this was a three-run home run, I would let this triple pass. But three exclamation points for a solo shot? I don't think so.

And before he could round third, they did it again. The 2012 Seattle Mariners: More exclamation points than victories!!!

Special!!!

Buy four artichokes and we'll throw in three exclamation points for free.

Desktop Publishing Team!!!

This Desktop Publishing Team is in desparate search of a worker with strong punctuation skills!!!

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."