Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In originally appeared on Parade. Writing an email ...

Its purpose is to inject strong emotion into written text and is increasingly used on social media to show enthusiasm, excitement and friendliness. Now research suggests that women use exclamation ...

It sounded like an impossible task: replace my usual “Thanks so much!,” “What a great question!,” and “Have a wonderful weekend!” with punctuation of a less cheery variety. Less sunshine-y and smiling ...

In a world where written communication is a key part of everyday life, it is important to understand how your communication style may come across. All too often, people use emojis and extra ...

Earlier this year, Lara Frank*, a copywriter for a large tech company, wrote an email to her boss trying to clarify a miscommunication. Frank edited her email to remove superfluous exclamation marks — ...

Let's talk reality distortion. Reality distortion is quite a popular topic these days, what with our reality being bent into all shorts of shapes by the likes of the Apple Vision Pro. Also: The Apple ...

People of a certain age were trained to use exclamation points to indicate excitement or even anger. And they never imagined that a simple period at the end of a sentence could get them into hot water ...

Priscilla Jensen’s review of “An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!” by Florence Hazrat (Bookshelf, April 7) reminds me of something the novelist D. Keith Mano wrote in National ...

For years, I resisted the exclamation point. In emails, I typed “Hi”; not “Hi!” “8:30”; not “8:30!” And “Disregard previous email. I found a large binder clip”; not “Disregard previous email!! I found ...