In a world where written communication is a key part of everyday life, it is important to understand how your communication style may come across. All too often, people use emojis and extra ...

When Jon LaMantia, a Long Island-based business reporter, was in journalism school, his professor drilled one rule into his students: you get two exclamation points a year and no more. “So if you use ...

If you have been walking the punctuational fine line with your exclamation points – teetering between “I’m-mad-at-you” on the one hand and “I’m-crazy” on the other – join the club. I mean, join the ...

Dictionary.com has announced its 2025 Word of the Year, and if you're not up to speed on this year's slang, you may be puzzled by the outcome. The online dictionary announced on Oct. 29 that its Word ...

Shocking! Women use exclamation marks three times more often than men, according to a new study. Punctuation is a “fraught and contentious business”, said Melanie McDonagh in London’s The Standard.

LONDON: I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work emails and those who did not. I also thought that frequent users of what Americans ...

It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking Name: Exclamation marks! Age: Nearly 700 years old! Appearance: ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Punctuation is fraught and contentious business, and that’s before you even take semicolons ...

Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work emails ...

Business leaders and employees make dozens of communication choices each day, from what to say to how to say it. In a recent research paper, we (three academics) focus on one such small ...