The Briefest English Grammar and Punctuation Guide Ever! by Ruth Colman

Author:Ruth Colman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2022-12-29T00:00:00+00:00

I’m asking a question

All you need at the end of your sentence is a question mark [ ? ].

Have you seen them?

Has he got the tickets?

Did you get your computer fixed?

Are you really going to the Grand Final, or are you just kidding?

Truly?

I want to shout, blow my stack, say something astonishing!

This is probably one situation for which you need no instruction. Use an exclamation mark [ ! ].

It’s true!

We’ve won!

I’ve told you a dozen times I’ve never met her!

But wait a moment. How often do you want to shout? The punctuation specialists are undecided on this one. Some say use exclamation marks as much as you like. Others suggest you limit them to one per page or email, and never use more than one at a time. Some say they are a bit like antibiotics, that the more you use them the less effect they have.

If you have been in the habit of using lots of exclamation marks, stringing them up like socks on a line, then maybe you could think about using them a little less often. Give yourself a challenge, and think how you could write something just as startling using words only.

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