Excessive Exclamation!!: January 2014

Friday, January 10, 2014

We would love to celebrate with you!!!

Among our second year accomplishments we look to achieve: master the art of punctuation!!!

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Have a great day!!!

Toyota really wants me to have a great day!!!

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Thank you. :) !!

Underlined...all caps...a period followed by a smiley and two exclamation points...this one has it all!!

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."