Anonymous  +  437781 Thu, 01 Nov 07 10:36 PM Hi, I would like to know how would people interpret the exclamation mark in the sentence : " Please give our love to your folks ! hope your dad is doing well and still doing his stuff ! thanks Anonymous Exclamation Marks

	Clive  +  437783 Thu, 01 Nov 07 10:47 PM Hi, I would like to know how would people interpret the exclamation mark in the sentence : " Please give our love to your folks ! hope your dad is doing well and still doing his stuff ! An exclamation is something that is said suddenly and emphatically. So, that is how I would interpret the writer's intention with these two sentences. However, to me they do look a bit too long and ordinary and calm to be considered typical exclamations. 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 Exclamation Marks

	Grammar Geek  +  437818 Fri, 02 Nov 07 01:18 AM In reverse order, "Please give our love to your family" means, roughly, "please tell your family that I am thinking of them with affection." It's a rather ordinary thing to say - it doesn't have the excitement, surprise, anger, horror, or extreme happiness that would merit an exclamation mark. Congratulations to your mother on her Nobel prize! Now that would merit an exclamation mark. However, I think the writer used these extra exclamation marks to convey the enthusiasm he or she felt; not being able to show with his or her voice her strong affection, etc., exclamation marks were used instead. I use too many of them in my e-mail to my friends as well. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Exclamation Marks

	Drica  +  437819 Fri, 02 Nov 07 01:25 AM thanks !  well the writer said Give our love ... so it means that he was speaking for someone else too?  or it is common to say our meaning I ? Drica Joined on Thu, Nov 1 2007 Junior Member 60

	Grammar Geek  +  437821 Fri, 02 Nov 07 01:30 AM I have no idea. Perhaps he meant he and his wife; perhaps she meant she and her husband. It's not common to use "our" meaning "my." Grammar Geek

	Neeraj Jain  +  437956 Fri, 02 Nov 07 01:53 PM I guess that these sentences come from a family man. Yes, it is common to use "our love" to indicate the love of all family members. Neeraj Jain Joined on Fri, Sep 7 2007 Regular Member 583 Smile allows you to win.