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1exclamation marks — are used to show strong emotion ( Get out! ) or urgency ( Help me! ). They should almost never be used for giving emphasis to a simple statement of fact: It was bound to happen sometime! A bull got into a china shop here (cited by Bernstein) …
2Inverted question and exclamation marks — The inverted question and exclamation marks are used to begin interrogative and exclamatory sentences respectively, in written Spanish. And formelly, in written Old Portuguese Usage The inverted question mark (¿) is a punctuation mark indicating… …
3exclamation mark — exclamation marks N COUNT An exclamation mark is the sign ! which is used in writing to show that a word, phrase, or sentence is an exclamation. [BRIT] (in AM, use exclamation point) …
4Exclamation mark — ! redirects here. For other uses, see ! (disambiguation). ! Exclamation mark Punctuation …
5exclamation mark — noun a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation • Syn: ↑exclamation point • Hypernyms: ↑punctuation, ↑punctuation mark * * * noun see exclamation point * * * exclamation mark UK US …
6exclamation mark — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms exclamation mark : singular exclamation mark plural exclamation marks the mark ! used in writing to show that someone says something suddenly and loudly because they are surprised, impressed, angry etc …
7exclamation mark — noun /ˌeks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃənˌmɑːk/ Punctuation mark “!” (used to denote excitement, surprise or shock). The excessive use of exclamation marks devaluates their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works! Syn:… …
8exclamation — marks are used to show strong emotion ( Get out! ) or urgency ( Help me! ). They should almost never be used for giving emphasis to a simple statement of fact: It was bound to happen sometime! A bull got into a china shop here (cited by… …
9Non-English usage of quotation marks — A Non English usage of quotation marks Punctuation apostrophe ( …
10quotation marks — 1. The main use of quotation marks (also called inverted commas) is to indicate direct speech and quotations. In writing it is common to use double quotation marks (“ ”), and in printing practice varies between the double and single style (‘’).… …
