Person #2: Thank you. :) This comes with caveats, of course. One: if you’re the type of person who clings to old ways of grammar and is beside yourself with concern about this exclamation-point ...

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. Writers agonize ...

In person, you can say "thank you" sarcastically with a sneer, or genuinely with a smile. In writing, your options are more limited. That's where the exclamation point comes in. Satire ...

so much so that now you feel like a monster if you don’t add at least two exclamation points after every “Thank you.” In fact, if you want to convey actual excitement, a minimum of three ...

stone-hearted ice witch Leslie Schiller sent her friend a callous thank-you email devoid of even a single exclamation point, sources confirmed Monday.” But here’s the funny thing about exclama ...

Thank you! (Just kidding ... Will the recipient interpret an exclamation point as congenial warmth between colleagues or as unprofessional, unnecessary cheerleading? Tailor your writing style ...

a thank you for a dinner party I hosted the night before, it was no sweat. "Oooooo are you kidding????" I replied. "You were a DELIGHT." If I couldn't have exclamation points, I would have ...

Our columnist colleague Dan Haar tweeted us the argument that “thank you” in an email just doesn’t suffice. While Danny is an exclamation point, Colin is not (though John McEnroe is).