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People have ~feelings~ about the exclamation point (Florence Hazrat interview)

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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How Many Exclamation Points Are Actually in Your Book?

I was very glad that my publisher allowed me to have a kind of elocutionary punctuation I think that's sort of more when I would naturally pause while I'm speaking rather than where grandma asks for it. Yeah I'm always happy when I see it somewhere it just is a fun little surprise. Getting back to the questions Isabelle wanted me to ask if you know how many exclamation points are actually in your book. Oh I think that would be hard because I use the sign as a replacement for the word as well so sometimes I would use the exclamation mark andSometimes I would use bold in bold face, we also chose to put three little exclamation marks together in

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