F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke." You don't want to be the person laughing at his own joke. That's why you should print out this infographic ...

Back in 2016, Britain's Department for Education instructed moderators of Key Stage 1 national curriculum tests to penalise pupils who used exclamation marks 'inappropriately'.

If I message you on Slack without an exclamation mark, you would be correct in suspecting that I am mad at you. Gen Z agrees. The unadorned period is something to be feared.

Admiration mark: From the time in the 15th century when printers introduced it as a type element, the exclamation point was known colloquially as a "note of admiration." Ben Jonson, according to ...

Born out of frustration. The exclamation mark was conceived in the 14th century by Italian scholar Alpoleio da Urbisaglia.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Craig Ferguson has spoken out against this inhumane treatment of punctuation. Advertisement It would be easy to blame text-happy tweens for the exclamation point avalanche.

An exclamation mark is used to show when something is surprising or forceful. Find out more in this Bitesize Primary KS1 English guide.