To be pissed off at the abuse of the exclamation mark?

[nenevomito]

Why end every sodding sentence in an exclamation mark instead of a full stop? It hurts my eyes and makes posts look silly.

The exclamation mark is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a sentence. Example: ?Watch out!?

You don't bloody well need it when talking about boring shit. I keep seeing this kind of thing.

Hi! I went to the shops today! I bought a gorgeous dress!

Totally, totally wrong.

Even worse is the need to use !!!!!!!!! Why? What's wrong with one !?

Hi!!!! I went to the shops!!!!!! I bought a dress!!!! Someone was mean to me in the changing room as I sounded just so damned excited all the time!!!!!!!

[Buzzardbird]

And why...use so many... ellipsis in a...paragraph?

[SomethingOnce]

[meltdown]

[nenevomito]

Yes ellipsis being used insetad of full stops gets to me as well.

I mean, what's so wrong with a full stop? Is it because people are getting americanised and calling it a period and they're concerned that its become shorthand for your, well, period?

Poor full stop. I am very sad at your demise.

[Buzzardbird]

Poor Aunty Flo stop...

[WhitesandsofLuskentyre]

I use an ellipsis when I want it to imply that my thoughts are trailing off, because I don't have a thought bubble punctuation mark e.g. I wonder...

[GaryBarlowsPants]

Oh. I am an abuser of the exclamation mark.
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I will stop. Immediately.

[WildThongIWannaKnowForSure]

I will nevah stop........!!!!

Ha......!!!

[reelingintheyears]

Ahem,Msbheave,


I can bare (just about) the occasional ?!?

Er,bare or bear,are you baring your bottom or is your bottom bearing you?

[StoicButStressed]

FuckThis & Buzzard - Former I think is probably correct, latter was typo, but, in any event, it's clearly a shit situation...... Offers OP aologies and sympathies at heinous use of English language.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reelingintheyears]

Ha,MsBheave(d).

Geddit???????

[StoicButStressed]

SHIT - forgot my bloody semi-colon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crashdoll]

I was a serial abuser of the !!!!! but now, I am much better!

[nenevomito]

Sorry MissReeling. It's a case of 'do as I say, not as I do'.

[Sallystyle]

I abuse the ..... as well.

[exoticfruits]

On MN I feel a great need for it!!!

[StoicButStressed]

MrsD - I didn't think it was actually to possibly love you more than I did already... (COUNT PLEASE ALL ABOVE; just THREE ...'s)

...But I do! You are WONDEROUS and I love you and your posts HUGELY xxx

[Emmon]

I find it really quite bizarre and ironic you get offended by someone misusing an exclamation mark and choose to articulate this by using industrial language.

[SomethingOnce]

What is 'industrial language', Emmon?

[Emmon]

Industrial language is swearing.

[ArbitraryUsername]

What. About. When. People. Over. Use. The. Full. Stop?

[nenevomito]

MrsDV, she sounds a delight.

Arbitrary - Do people over use the full stop? At work it seems like folk have forgotten that they exist for the end of sentences, especially in a bullet point list.

It makes me weep giant tears of sadness for the poor little full stop.

[valiumredhead]

My dh uses industrial language at work Made me laugh my socks of when HR told him the correct term.

[ArbitraryUsername]

I know someone with a PhD in English who over uses the full stop for emphasis online.

I. Kid. You. Not.