I have recently become disenchanted with the exclamation mark. I'm not sure where this feeling has come from, but every time I use one I feel a little bit cheap.
I came across a quote from F. Scott Fitzgerald recently that perhaps sums up my feelings: "An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
I think it has to do with my minimalist self - always paring down to the essentials.
That said, if you are one of my favourite people who happens to use a great number of exclamation marks (of which there are a few), I find them charming when used by you. I mean it.
Punctuation marks I do like: ; & ?
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- I think I might be addicted to books. And noodles. I need the ocean. I want to know everything. Almost. I love love. And loving things. Like love. And like.
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and what of the interrobang? i've been meaning to ask you for some time now, and the title of this post begs the question.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrobang
Aesthetically I don't much like the interrobang...
Nope, don't love it. Although it does seem like it serves a function.
Phew, thank goodness. I started reading this and was like, "Oh no! I use exclamation marks all the time!!!!" I also laugh at my own jokes...
Ha.
although i think some people can pull it off,
i generally believe that exclamation marks are boring.
i generally reserve them for moments of great emotion, and even then
i generally edit them out of a final draft.
but then i generally attempt to be dry as fuck.
except when i'm laughing at my own jokes.
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