Philip Cowell finds out. There is really only one rule when it comes to the exclamation mark: don’t use it. This is an exaggeration of course! In fact, rare usage is the point: the Chicago ...

But where did the exclamation point come from? Any why does it seem to be creeping into everything we do? Turns out, no one really knows the history of the punctuation mark. The current running ...

Amazing flow chart guides you on when to use that exclamation mark. — -- If you have ever agonized over whether you should use that exclamation mark in an email, you can breathe a sigh of relief.

In delightfulness it is trumped, like every other mark, by the interrobang. The exclamation mark, I am trying to say, is the cockroach of the punctuation world. The exclamation mark, I am trying ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. An exclamation mark is used to show when something is surprising or forceful. It helps make the meaning of the ...