Exclamation marks
Exclamation marks (!) – Marks a forceful utterance
We typically use exclamation marks after interjections or sentences to show powerful emotion, utterance or very strong sentiment regardless of positive or negative reactions.
Exclamation marks should only be used when necessary and not abused, because they can be seen as aggressive in writing.
- You never told me you were leaving!
- Have a great day!
- Don’t ever talk to me again!
- James is always late!
- Get out!
- Shut up!
- Ugh!
- Eh!
- F**k!
- S***t!
- I’m so astonished and taken aback!
See also
Punctuation:
Auxiliary verbs:
Modal auxiliary verbs:
Advanced grammar:
- Articles (a/an, the, zero article)
- Pronouns: subject, object and possessive
- Question tags
- English conditionals
- Interrogatives in English
- Determiners
- Phrasal verbs
- Prefixes and suffixes
- Reported and direct speech
- Numbers: cardinal, ordinal, and Roman numbers
- The verb: “get”
- ‘Get’ vs. ‘go’ and ‘got’ vs. ‘gotten’
- Copular verbs
- Cleft sentences
- Subjunctive in English
- Vulgar and taboo in English
- Ellipsis
- Split infinitive
- Emphasis with inversion
- Gerunds in English
- To + infinitive
- Bare infinitive
- British and American spelling