If you’re trying to get yourself uninvited from your Aunt Edith’s unbearable holiday fondue party, I suggest you try this trick: Send her a Christmas card that includes not one exclamation ...

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.

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.

Here’s why you can’t stop using two, three, or even four exclamation points in everyday messages. EXPERT OPINION BY JESSICA STILLMAN , CONTRIBUTOR, INC.COM @ ENTRYLEVELREBEL Jul 3, 2018 ...

The loud-mouthed exclamation mark had much quieter origins. In the late 14th Century it was called ‘the point of admiration’; by the 17th it had even become the ‘wonderer’.