Does this sign really need four exclamation points? Image: Eva the Weaver Hey!! Have you noticed that everyone who emails you seems to be super excited all the time!? Those are some perky emails!!

In JOOP! GmbH v OHIM, the CFI has upheld a decision of the Board of Appeal of OHIM in which the latter had found that JOOP! GmbH's exclamation mark symbol could not be registered as a Community ...

The exclamation, for all its ubiquity, is neither the most useful nor the most delightful of punctuation marks. In practicality it is trumped by the comma, the apostrophe, the em-dash, and even, I ...

Most scientific studies - even those with remarkable findings - have long had their wider appeal dimmed by unremarkable ...

It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention. My supervisor noticed the pattern and gently asked me to tone it down. At first I ...