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chapter 6.5 Capitalization and Punctuation: Exclamation Point

A statement expressing unusual emphasis or great excitement may end with an exclamation point.

You've been eating again! I'm telling the coach!
This mark is not used often. Usually a writer can express emphasis through the choice of words, using information to support an idea rather than relying on an exclamation point to create a general sense of high emotion. In writing, exclamation points are used primarily for conveying the tone of informal conversations.

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