01819cam a2200265 i 4500 702853470 TxAuBib 20230425120000.0 220823s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022038098 9781567927870 PAP 17.95 1567927874 PAP 17.95 TxAuBib rda Hazrat, Florence, author Admirable point. An admirable point [BOOK] : a brief history of the exclamation mark / Florence Hazrat. Boston : Godine, 2023. 175 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Few punctuation marks elicit quite as much love or hate as the exclamation mark. It's bubbly and exuberant, an emotional amplifier whose flamboyantly dramatic gesture lets the reader know: here be feelings! Scott Fitzgerald famously stated exclamation marks are like laughing at your own joke; Terry Pratchett had a character say that multiple !!! are a 'sure sign of a diseased mind'. So what's the deal with ! ? Whether you think it's over-used, or enthusiastically sprinkle your writing with it, ! is inescapable. An Admirable Point recuperates the exclamation mark from its much maligned place at the bottom of the punctuation hierarchy. It explores how ! came about in the first place some six hundred years ago, and uncovers the many ways in which ! has left its mark on art, literature, (pop) culture, and just about any sphere of human activity—from Beowulf to spam emails, ee cummings to neuroscience. Provided by publisher. 20230425. Exclamation point History.