Exclamation Point

Why You Need to Break up with the Exclamation Point(!)

In our fast-paced, Internet-driven world, we are constantly bombarded with “urgent alerts,” “shocking news,” information about “breakthrough formulas,” and “astounding research.” You need to know how to write content that stands out amid a herd that’s bellowing so loudly. The lazy writer will turn to the exclamation mark. By adding fifteen exclamation points, she reasons, she can show just how innovative!/stupendous!/mind-blowing! her content is. (Or by CAPITALIZING or underlining or boldfacing every other word, she calculates that she can at least make you read half of what she wrote.)

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