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People have ~feelings~ about the exclamation point (Florence Hazrat interview)
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The Origins of the Exclamation Mark
The exclamation mark came just a little bit before the parentheses and other kind of quite cognitive marks such as the semicolon. An Italian scholar felt that people were pronouncing expressions of emotion or admiration in the same way as questions or statements. He said, okay, I think we need a mark to notify us that our voice needs to change here.
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