We got the exclamation point from the British, along with all things verbal. Yet the British are at a loss as to how it entered their parlance in the first place.

So we have to get it right the first time.”Are you the hostile punctuator in your group chat or Slack channels??? We asked experts how to tell—and how to fix it.You use periods when you don’t have ...

The exclamation point encodes feelings — and it doesn’t apologize for doing so. In fact, since its first known appearance, in the 1340s, ! has been praised for capturing the emotion of the ...

We certainly have a tendency to distrust the use of too many. Even Florence, a fan, admits that a tweet from a politician or official containing multiple exclamation marks evokes a similar gut ...

Yet no need for an exclamation point because, presumably, you already get the point. Or, at least, Apple assumes that you do. Somehow, an exclamation point isn't necessary.