Exclamation points should be used carefully. Getty Images — -- If you have ever agonized over whether you should use that exclamation mark in an email, you can breathe a sigh of relief.

The Royal typewriter that decorates my office was a throwback when I bought it, for $5, at a yard sale in the 1970s. I keep it nearby partly out of sentimentality, having spent countless hours ...

Exclamation points used to be something you allowed yourself, a secret weapon unsheathed only at a rare and necessary moment, like Wolverine’s adamantium claws. To throw them around willy-nilly ...

As Melissa Dahl points out on New York magazine's The Science of Us blog, "The exclamation mark, once reserved for expressing joy or excitement, now simply marks baseline politeness (a fact ...

It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention. My supervisor noticed the pattern and gently asked me to tone it down. At ...

“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, ...

Excessive punctuation, in the form of multiple exclamation marks, makes the writer seem overexcited. If you overuse this punctuation mark, readers may find you annoyingly enthusiastic — or ...