What is exclamation mark?

  • (noun): A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation.
    Synonyms: exclamation point

Exclamation Mark

The exclamation mark, or exclamation point, is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a sentence. Example: “Watch out!” The character is encoded in Unicode as U+0021 ! exclamation point (HTML: !).

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Candle Jack - Controversy With Mike Allred's Madman
... wear similar costumes, both featuring a chest emblem of an exclamation mark (though Freakazoid's logo adds his initial F before the exclamation mark) ... So who am I to complain (the exclamation mark on the chest still kinda urks me a little though ...
Slovene Punctuation - Exclamation Mark
... An exclamation mark (!) is a left-leaning punctuation mark ... It is used as a closing punctuation mark of emphatic sentences and clauses, and as a non-closing punctuation mark finishing inserted sentences ... mu vendar, naj pride domov! (Tell him to come home! – the exclamation mark is likely bound to 'come home', however, and not 'tell') Zrecitiraj Kons V! (Recite Kons V!) (But "Zrecit ...
.properties - Format
... .properties files can use the number sign (#) or the exclamation mark (!) as the first non blank character in a line to denote that all text following it, is a comment ... ! The exclamation mark can also mark text as comments ... While the number sign and the exclamation mark marks text as comments, it has no effect when it is part of a property ...
Hebrew Punctuation - Punctuation - Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Mark, Comma
... Periods (full stops), question marks, exclamation marks, and commas are used as in English ... This is also true for the dot part of the question mark, and exclamation mark ... In Arabic, which is also written from right to left, the question mark ⟨؟⟩ is mirrored right-to-left from the English question mark ...
Exclamation Mark - Use in Various Fields - Popular Music
... The band "!!!" (pronounced 'Chk Chk Chk') uses exclamation points as its name ... In 2008, the pop punk band Panic! At the Disco dropped the exclamation point in its name this became the "most-discussed topic on message boards around the world" ... In 2009, the exclamation mark was re-inserted following the band's split ...

Famous quotes containing the words mark and/or exclamation:

    Do you but mark how this becomes the house!
    “Dear daughter, I confess that I am old;
    Age is unnecessary. On my knees I beg
    That you’ll vouchsafe me raiment, bed, and food.”
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
    Mistinguett (1874–1956)