Hi, Do you need punctuation marks (like a period) after these? Yes. In the first two cases, I'd probably use an exclamation mark. Happy birthday (Birthday? a capital B is often used .) I am writing to let you know that I know today is your

There's a US/UK split on common practice here. And it's more a typesetting question than an actual English usage question, as I see it. What about handwritesetting? :-) Maybe some would compromise by writing the fullstop or comma directly

Indeed hence my two exclamation marks (= BrE "shrieks"). Actually, I can see justification for a third Oy! (for the "so-called"). Oy!!! My added OY! was for his illiterate "so-called." Maybe I'm being too harsh in

I'm surprised that you felt something was being "forced down ... stands for "this is just a friendly offer of information." Perhaps, also, we need an emoticon to stand for "irony alert" - other than the simple

Children playing hide-and-seek, when they find a buddy in hiding, call out things like, "I(‘ve) found you!" (past or present ... on the whole conundrum, especially with regard to the difference in nuance between "I(‘ve) found

I would mention that exclamation marks are not to be used so lightly in English as in German, and never more than one. The same rule applies to educated German. And most probably it does not apply to uneducated English as well. You may want to

Tony Cooper wrote in message I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? I've always used "exclamation point." I never knew there

The next thing we know, you'll be using exclamation points. I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? I've always used

I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? You know, I found myself writing that once before, and at the time I changed it to exclamation

On 2 Nov 2003 15:42:11 GMT, Dena Jo thanks for reminding me of the program, David. The next thing we know, you'll be using exclamation points. I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's