In either situation, you should tap the red exclamation point and choose Send as Text Message. This will send your message as a regular SMS instead of an iMessage. However, ...

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.” ...

The dashboard light in your car that looks like an exclamation point inside a “U” is a low tire pressure warning.

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 ...

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.