Fumblerules : a lighthearted guide to grammar and good usage by Safire William 1929-2009
Author:Safire, William, 1929-2009
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: English language, English language, English language
Publisher: New York : Doubleday
Published: 1990-09-05T16:00:00+00:00
Unless you are quoting other people's
exclamations, kill all exclamation points!!!
The exclamation mark is in disrepute. Ever since F. Scott Fitzgerald advised, "Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke," writers have accepted the notion that the punchy little mark is un-cool.
Wait! Don't kill that useful little stage direction. Some readers need all the help they can get from the author, and the EP can reflect the emphasis intended by an interjection.
We must listen soberly to all the warnings against excessive exclaiming. Never use a punctuation mark to prop up a weak exclamation ("Gee!" he ejaculated) or to hype a mild emotion (He was real cute!). Never, never, never use exclamation points in series—!!!—which gets a triple-X rating in the punctilio of punctuation. Never use the EP at the end of a long sentence. 77
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