Comments on: If only it were up to me! I’d banish exclamation marks!! http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/ Tips for writers and musing about writing and life in general Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Gary http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-44 Gary Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:31:24 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-44 I love it. Thanks for sharing that. I understand just what you mean. In my case, I just consider it the price of hyperbole -- a price somebody's got to pay, why not me? And, yeah, I'll bite -- what three times? Or is that simply a rhetorical number? I love it. Thanks for sharing that. I understand just what you mean. In my case, I just consider it the price of hyperbole — a price somebody’s got to pay, why not me?

And, yeah, I’ll bite — what three times? Or is that simply a rhetorical number?

]]> By: theresa http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-43 theresa Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:56:21 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-43 I agree 100% I teach military NCOs the basics of writing good sentences and paragraphs, and I once told a class, "You should only use an exclamation mark three times in your life." Well, they have to take a test in which they must find errors written in a document. They all thought the exclamation mark was an error because of what I said. Sometimes my "grammarisms" get me into hot water. I agree 100% I teach military NCOs the basics of writing good sentences and paragraphs, and I once told a class, “You should only use an exclamation mark three times in your life.” Well, they have to take a test in which they must find errors written in a document. They all thought the exclamation mark was an error because of what I said.

Sometimes my “grammarisms” get me into hot water.

]]> By: The SciTech Journal http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-42 The SciTech Journal Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:40:42 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-42 Great article. Thoroughly enjoyable. Good luck! Great article. Thoroughly enjoyable. Good luck!

]]> By: Wednesday http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-41 Wednesday Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:40:10 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-41 I was taught in creative and technical writing courses at uni in the 80s to very rarely, if ever, use exclamation marks in anything. It was good advice, and so is yours. I was taught in creative and technical writing courses at uni in the 80s to very rarely, if ever, use exclamation marks in anything. It was good advice, and so is yours.

]]> By: Tom http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-40 Tom Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:06:42 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-40 Use it extremely sparingly. But getting rid of it altogether is a bad idea. Use it extremely sparingly. But getting rid of it altogether is a bad idea.

]]> By: Lisar Luu http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-28 Lisar Luu Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:07:58 +0000 http://www.garyspeer.com/if-only-it-were-up-to-me-id-banish-exclamation-marks/#comment-28 Agreed. Agreed.

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