One punctuation mark speaks loads about gender, tone and whether I’m mad at you Why do we rely on the exclamation point so often, even though we’ve been taught to eschew it? Our columnist ...

A history — and defense — of emphatic punctuation. ... If you’re confused, you’re not alone; the exclamation point (or mark) has long been a source of confusion and contention.

The exclamation mark also feels like a more feminine punctuation mark. I don’t want to gender punctuation, but I’ve noticed men use them sparingly, if at all.

2. Question marks and exclamation marks were once words, not punctuation marks. A lot of English is derived from Latin, and in Latin, they used to write ‘questio’ after a written question.

But as the British scholar of the Renaissance Florence Hazrat persuasively explains in “An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!” punctuation’s venerable fortissimo has ...

Climate protesters have long deployed the punctuation on banners urging "Climate Action Now!" or warning "There is no planet B!". Activists hope that exclamation marks, by stirring visceral ...

2. Question marks and exclamation marks were once words, not punctuation marks. A lot of English is derived from Latin, and in Latin, they used to write ‘questio’ after a written question.