Clive  +  520591 Thu, 29 May 08 04:52 PM Hi, Have you read the other posts in this thread? Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,585 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	MrPedantic  +  521387 Sat, 31 May 08 09:55 PM First master the full stop, the question mark and the comma. Mastery of the exclamation mark will then surely follow. MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Commas, Question Marks, Exclamation Marks

	Delmobile  +  521411 Sun, 01 Jun 08 12:10 AM  An editor I worked for told me he'd been taught to always go back over anything he wrote and eliminate every exclamation point except one---and then, go back one more time and take that one out too.  I'd say only use them when writing dialogue, and then very, very sparingly. Delmobile Joined on Wed, Jan 2 2008 Contributing Member 1,082 Exclamation Marks

	Delmobile  +  967320 Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:53 PM "Hi!" is a sentence by itself. Dear Jane, Hi! I bet you thought you'd never hear from me again. I've been very busy since the move but I hate to lose touch with my friends, so I thought I'd write you. The correct way to use "hi" with a name is the same as "hello"- with a comma separating the two, and then end punctuation. "Hello, Jane. It's good to see you back at school." "Hi, Jane! Wow, you look great!" In these days of text messaging and other truncated communication, one does see things like "hi Jane - sorry to ask this at the last minute but could you put those tickets at the front desk & I'll come by for them later, thanks Bob" This is comprehensible, but not strictly grammatically correct. That's not to say I never write emails like this myself, however :) Delmobile Commas, Punctuation, Universities, Exclamation Marks, Relationships, Writing, Sentences, Students, Friendships, Friends, Schools, Apologies

	Clive  +  967323 Tue, 10 Nov 09 01:55 PM  Hi, Is it okay to use an exclamation mark (!) while addressing in my email... e.g. Hi! YourName, Hi Tom! How are you doing? Thanks (Why are you saying 'thanks'? Tom has not done anything, and you have not asked him to do anything.) MyName   Clive Clive Punctuation, Exclamation Marks