Etiquette
Is it okay to de-friend someone on Facebook if she uses a 15:5 ratio of exclamation points to sentences? No? Okay, then, what is the proper protocol for informing someone that she has exceeded her — nay, THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF FACEBOOK’S — exclamatory quota?
every time i write an email to you or your husband i read it again, and replace several exclamations with periods, even if it then reads like i’m angry. it’s worth it. (see, that would have been an exclamation.) ((that too.))
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Yeah, working in customer service instilled an exclamatory habit I’m still trying to break. I use ‘em from time to time, but never like this!!!
(Seriously, how does one decide exactly how many exclamation points to use? Is three sufficient? I rarely see two…)
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Maybe she’s in training to become a youth leader. Every camp brochure I read growing up was littered with exclamation points.
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well, things do look best in odd numbers, so if not one, it almost has to be 3 or 5.
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I use three exclamation points to convey pissed off, not excited.
What I have to work on is my use of the ellipsis.
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