Because sometimes, periods, commas, colons, semi-colons, dashes, hyphens, apostrophes, question marks, exclamation points, ...

If I use two exclamation marks, it will show I’m really excited.” And so it goes. We end up with a double, triple, and even quadruple exclaim to punctuate a simple thank you.

The exclamation point encodes feelings — and it doesn’t apologize for doing so. In fact, since its first known appearance, in the 1340s, ! has been praised for capturing the emotion of the ...

“The exclamation mark appeared only in the end of the 14th century and was invented by an Italian monk who used it approximately as we use it, though he called it a sign of admiration — so, ...