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	Halfbakery: Anti-exclamation mark overuse key!!!
		The other annoying thing about the use of exclamation marks is that people very seldom use them in their proper place, i.e.
		Move annotations in chess, where multiple exclamation marks and question marks can be used, would have to be excluded from any punctuation bans.
		I tend to think that the over-use of exclamation marks - which usually goes hand in hand with Random CAPITALISATION Syndrome [insert multiple exclamation marks here, for effect] - is a good indicator of the fevered and lunatic state of the mind which produced aforesaid grammatical abominations.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Anti-exclamation_20mark_20overuse_20key!!! (1911 words)

	Exclamation Mark
		Meanwhile, the revived head is conspiring with a grunting thing that is locked away in the doctor’s closet, seeking revenge on her boyfriend.
		Mark says: 1981 was a great year for me. Not only did I graduate from high school, but two of my favorite werewolf flicks were released.
		Mark says: It would be easy to dismiss Kingdom of the Spiders as another schlocky 70’s B-movie, except for the fact that so many of the scenes are genuinely creepy.
	exclamationmark.wordpress.com (1816 words)

	hair shaft defects - exclamation mark hair
		Exclamation mark hairs are most frequently seen in people who have alopecia areata although they can also be found in hair loss after poisoning with thallium and occasionally in other defective hair disorders.
		Exclamation mark hairs look exactly as they are named.
		Stopping hair breakage and exclamation mark hairs involves treating the cause of the hair follicle abnormality.
	www.keratin.com /ag/ag007.shtml (202 words)

	LILT:Exclamation mark
		Exclamation is a sentence type, most often used in spoken English but also used in older poetry to express emotion or to give commands.
		An exclamation mark in brackets, following an amusing or exaggerated remark, is used to show ironic self-awareness on the part of the writer.
		With their emphasis on emotion and the spoken intonations of surprise or amusement, exclamation marks should be used sparingly in formal writing.
	www.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/exclam.htm (172 words)

	Writing for University Courses - Punctuation - Advice - Exclamation mark
		Although this section explains the 4 uses of exclamation marks, in many subjects it is not acceptable to use them in academic work.
		You can use an exclamation mark to give emphasis after a single word or a phrase which is not a sentence (normally in written work you must use sentences - this is an exception).
		In the third example the exclamation mark does not belong to the phrase inside the quotation marks.
	universitywriting.shu.ac.uk /punct/advice/d_exclam.htm (354 words)

	decodeunicode.org . decode . EXCLAMATION MARK
		The exclamation mark is used at the end of a sentence conveying a strong empathic meaning or a command.
		In the 15th century, the exclamation mark was used in a dividing function and usually referred to as »coma«.
		To avoid the exclamation mark clinging to the word and becoming a part of it it may be necessary to manually adjust the distance between word and exclamation mark.
	www.decodeunicode.org /w3.php?nodeId=135&page=1&lang=2&zoom=1&prop=&wikiId=41412&cvsId=42099 (605 words)

	EXCLAMATION POINT, EXCLAMATION MARK. The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993
		The exclamation point (!) is the punctuation mark used to give the sort of emphasis to a word, phrase, or sentence that suggests loud, vigorous, forthright delivery.
		In English it always goes at the end of the locution to be emphasized.
		But stridency is seldom approved in speech, and so in writing too be sparing of the exclamation point.
	www.bartleby.com /68/35/2335.html (117 words)

	EXCLAMATION MARK - Definition
		Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark.
		The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.
		Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT).
	www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/exclamation+mark (73 words)

	Misuse of the exclamation mark - Amidst a tangled web
		When someone uses all uppercase letters, I imagine them screaming their entire message at me. By the same token, when a sentence is followed by an exclamation mark I read the sentence as if the person is exuberantly declaring their message.
		Two exclamation marks indicate to me that the person is so animated that they are very nearly falling out of their chair.
		Perhaps exclamation marks get scared of being all alone amidst all the letters since most offenders don't bother to end sentences with any punctuation at all if they're not using an exclamation mark.
	dan.hersam.com /opinions/exclamation.html (946 words)

	! - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		Many scholars believe the exclamation mark was the offspring of the 'full stop' or the 'dot on the end of sentences to finish things'.
		The theory goes that before becoming the exclamation mark, the symbol made its claim to fame selling world class fish through Indochina, before it threw it away for a life of service, helping emphasise words that show amazement and excitement or whatever.
		The exclamation mark is loved by one and all, with the exception of the colon and its 'cloning experiment gone wrong' associate the semi-colon.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/! (815 words)

	LILT:Exclamation mark
		Exclamation is a sentence type, most often used in spoken English but also used in older poetry to express emotion or to give commands.
		An exclamation mark in brackets, following an amusing or exaggerated remark, is used to show ironic self-awareness on the part of the writer.
		With their emphasis on emotion and the spoken intonations of surprise or amusement, exclamation marks should be used sparingly in formal writing.
	www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/exclam.htm (172 words)

	End Punctuation
		The punctuation marks that signal the end of a sentence are the period, the question mark and the exclamation mark.
		Exclamation marks are, however, rare in formal writing.
		Be careful not to use a question mark at the end of an indirect question.
	www.uottawa.ca /academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/endpunct.html (172 words)

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		I'm not sure what "!X" or "exclamation mark ecs" means or stands for it just came to me and it looks pretty cool.
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	Exclamation point - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
		You may be looking for Exclamation mark and not even know it!
		The exclamation point is the indicated location of an English sentence where the orgasm occurs.
		The use of multiple exclamation points is discouraged, as most people are incapable of reading them.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Exclamation_point (360 words)

	Exclamation mark (!)
		I think you can use exclamation mark in every kind of sentence in which you want to add your "emotion" in the sentence.
		First of all, it is not necessary to use exclamation marks at all and some would say it is better not to, so don't worry too much about them.
		Sentences with exclamation marks are more emphatic than the same sentences without.
	www.englishforums.com /English/ExclamationMark/zwpz/Post.htm (417 words)

	Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark: The End of the Line — FactMonster.com
		The period, question mark, and exclamation mark are the Three Musketeers of punctuation: all for one and one for all.
		They are all end marks; that is, they are used at the end of a sentence.
		In speech, exclamations are used freely, especially in moments of high passion, as when the dishwasher overflows at 11 P.M. on a Saturday night.
	www.factmonster.com /cig/grammar-style/period-question-mark-exclamation-mark-end-line.html (551 words)

	Writing English - Proofreading and Copyediting Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		An exclamation mark is used to make a forceful comment or exclamation, or to express surprise, admiration, or another other strong emotion.
		However, the exclamation mark applies to the entire sentence if it appears outside brackets, parentheses, dashes, or quotation marks.
		An exclamation point that is used where a comma could be placed does away with the need for a comma.
	www.writingenglish.com /exclamation.htm (281 words)

	Exclamation mark in title
		I have one annoying problem: whenever I paste an Arabic title containing also an exclamation or question mark, that exclamation mark is always being put at the end of the title, so in the LTR way, not RTL.
		You need to make sure that the Exclamation mark doesn't come last by appending an arabic letter to the string,instead of appending a full sized letter you can append tiny letter that hardly appears,it's what we call "Tashkeel" or Diacritics,they are considered letters internally by the rendering engine,however, they're not quite visible to the viewers.
		The diacritic character comes up as a normal question mark, though the good thing about it is that the exclamation mark indeed appeared on the left of the title.
	forum.joomla.org /index.php/topic,74725.msg387149.html (758 words)

	· You Got Style · Mark, Mark, that Exclamation
		The sad exclamation point does tend to dramatize and romanticize things, and it does impart an informal flavor.
		Maybe the exclamation point is overbearing, but it seems more clearly to illustrate the emotions and the message of the author, albeit informally.
		Mark's wrong to think I'm a "structuralist," though, since in spite of my phonocentric metaphor "expression," I'm only "methodical" — although I do believe I am thus politically, religiously, and academically non-sectarian.
	www.yougotstyle.org /archives/000086.html (1030 words)

	The Exclamation Mark
		An exclamation mark may be used to close questions that are meant to convey extreme emotion, as in
		An exclamation mark can be inserted within parentheses to emphasize a word within a sentence.
		In academic prose, an exclamation point is used rarely, if at all, and in newspaper writing the exclamation point is virtually nonexistent.
	grammar.ccc.commnet.edu /grammar/marks/exclamation.htm (198 words)

	Jayber: Exclamation Ratio
		The Exclamation Ratio (r) of a group of sentences is the ratio of sentences ending in exclamation marks to sentences not ending in exclamation marks and is formally defined as follows:
		Sentences not terminated properly with a full stop, ellipsis, exclamation mark or question mark are not counted.
		If a given sentence has two or more exclamation marks, automatically increase the Exclamation Ratio (r) by one (1) for each extra exclamation mark to aptly reflect the gross inappropriateness of this very special violation.
	jayber.org /2006/07/exclamation_rat.html (486 words)

	Avid Community Exchange - Exclamation mark in Source and Mater Viewer window
		Somehow, I have lost my video display (it has worked before) and only have a large exclamation mark in any Viewer window.
		Is the exclamation mark just saying that the path has been changed?
		Students from seven U.S. colleges are shooting, editing, and uploading daily coverage of the convention and interviews with high-profile industry pros using Avid and M-Audio products, portable HD cameras, mobile phones, and Web tools.
	www.avid.com /exchange/forums/thread/165866.aspx (490 words)

	exclamation mark - OneLook Dictionary Search
		exclamation mark : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
		exclamation mark : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
		exclamation mark : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=exclamation+mark&ls=a (148 words)

	The Exclamation Mark
		But exclamation marks are usually out of place in formal writing.
		Otherwise, you should generally avoid using exclamation marks in your formal writing.
		Use an exclamation mark after an exclamation, especially after one beginning with what or how.
	www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk /department/docs/punctuation/node06.html (249 words)

	Exclamation Mark :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bears receiver Mark Bradley displayed the swagger as he strutted toward the end zone last Sunday against the New York Jets, extending the football as though daring anyone to catch up with him.
		Bears wide receiver Mark Bradley, injured for most of the season, is making up for lost time with two scores in last two games.
		After spending most of his brief NFL career on the inactive list, it was as though the second-year pro from Oklahoma finally had arrived, and the moment deserved to be marked with an exclamation point.
	www.suntimes.com /sports/149853,CST-SPT-bear26.article (1083 words)

	LILT:Exclamation mark (German)
		It may be used with a single word, a phrase or a sentence, and has the force of a full stop, being followed by a capital letter: Ruhe!
		Exclamation is a sentence type, most often used in spoken German to express emotion or give commands.
		Use of exclamation marks in English, French, Italian or Spanish.
	www2.arts.gla.ac.uk /SESLL/EngLang/LILT/exclamgr.htm (92 words)

	The Exclamation Point
		The sign used in writing after an exclamation or interjections, expressing strong emotion or astonishment, or to indicate a command.
		An exclamation point may be used to close questions that are meant to convey extreme emotion.
		The exclamation point will also suffice to end the sentence.) If the exclamation point is not part of a sentence-ending title, don’t italicize the exclamation point.
	www.nationalpunctuationday.com /exclamationpoint.html (239 words)

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		The "1" at the end of a lengthy batch of exclamation marks is a meme that will never get old.
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	www.metafilter.com /mefi/57201 (791 words)

	exclamation mark from FOLDOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Common names: bang; pling; excl (/eks'kl/); shriek; ITU-T: exclamation mark, exclamation point (US).
		The occasional CMU usage, "shriek", is also used by APL fans and mathematicians, especially category theorists.
		Exclamation mark is used in C and elsewhere as the logical negation operation (NOT).
	foldoc.org /?! (94 words)

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