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 29,298 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 13,616 ...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 1,017 Exclamation Marks