Periods, ellipses and exclamation points in text messages can mean different things to different people. Why? Linguist Gretchen McCulloch explains.

But what does “sparingly” mean in our emphatic times? If you’re confused, you’re not alone; the exclamation point (or mark) has long been a source of confusion and contention. Naturally!

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 ...

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. Some argue, inconclusively, that ...

A. Another thing I learned about legal writing: Don't use exclamation points for rhetorical emphasis. And all-caps — don't do that, either. Bold is also very bad.

Why do some tech marketers use exclamation points on their websites? What effect do they think those exclamation points will have on customers? And, well, what does an exclamation point even mean?

The red exclamation mark warning means that the Messages app failed to deliver the message. The issue can stem from different things depending on the type of message you're trying to send.

Crescent Real Estate is hoping its two new residential towers will be the exclamation point on the Uptown neighborhood that’s grown around its landmark complex. The first— the 31-story 2811 ...

E-mails and text messages have pushed the exclamation epidemic to a dire point. There’s now a name for it – the very unpleasant slang “bangorrhea.” ...

What does a Yellow exclamation point next to a device in the Device Manager indicate? We explain how to fix the Yellow exclamation mark.

Michael Rosen exclaims excitedly over exclamation marks with Dr Florence Hazrat, who has a passion for them. In Word of Mouth they explore the history behind the first symbol to indicate emotion.