The exclamation point was first used by printers at the end of the 15th century, according to Thomas MacKellar, in his 1885 book, "The American Printer: A Manual of Typograph… See more

The use of the exclamation point—and, even more so, multiple exclamation points—has … See more

Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg note in the "The Little Seagull Handbook," a grammar, punctuation, and style guide used on many college ca… See more

But there are many other instances where you should omit exclamation points, as in this example from "The Little Seagull Handbook." Bill Walsh, the late copy chief for the Was… See more