By Exclamation marks

Stevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. Is "shopping mall" the same meaning as "supermarket"? No! A supermarket is where you get groceries. A shopping mall has many stores of different types. 2. Well. That's too far. I may have a ticket when I get back. What the heck! - What does "what the heck"...

Stevenukd wrote: Dear Teachers, 1. - Why don't you call Clive? He has Mary's number. - I've tried. But no one answered. - You are so dead. You are totally out of luck. There's no hope for you. (This is not literal! You're not dying - you would use this, for example, if you were tyring...

As well as the errors marked make sure you start all sentences with a capital letter, that I is always a captial letter and that people's names always start with a capital letter. You are overusing the exclamation mark! I was really happy that you came here to see us! (few moments or long time...

Speech that continues does not need to end in a full stop, unless it is clearly the end of a sentence. Speech can also end with a question mark or an exclamation mark.

MrPedantic wrote:Not if they see PF's eight exclamation marks first. Uhmm, good point. Well we better not take that risk. Let's change the line-up and look at the substitution bench.Eureka!....Paco2004. I think now we're good.

Not if they see PF's eight exclamation marks first.

Lazarus wrote: MrPedantic wrote:Eight exclamation marks? I can't help feeling that someone's exaggerating a little. MrP Is someone feeling jealous, MrP? Lazarus MrP, looks like you'll have to compete, come rain or shine.

MrPedantic wrote:Eight exclamation marks? I can't help feeling that someone's exaggerating a little. MrP Is someone feeling jealous, MrP? Lazarus

Eight exclamation marks? I can't help feeling that someone's exaggerating a little. MrP

Hanuman_2000 wrote: 4. "You have to read Swan's Practical English Usage!"4a. "You must read Swan's Practical English Usage!" — here, both sentences mean the same thing: "if you want a wildly enjoyable or instructive experience, read Swan." You have explained the meaning of (2) and (3). But...