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>long sentence ends with an exclamation point
am i wrong for hating this?

>> No.10072271

>>10072180
I hate exclamation points.
It must be the internet but every time I see one that isn't in a clearly tragic situation I can't avoid thinking the person speaking is being somewhat ironic.

>> No.10072285

!!

>> No.10072299

>>10072180
exclamation points should only be used for dialogue desu

>> No.10072328

Heark!

>> No.10072332

>>10072299
CRASH!!

>> No.10072349

Russians like Dostoevsky use exclamations all the time. I like them.

>> No.10072369

>>10072349
You mean Constance Garnett uses exclamations all the time

>> No.10072372

>reading 19th century literature

there is your problem

>> No.10072393

>>10072271
ditto
>+1 karma

>> No.10072416

I hate question marks, including but not limited to upside down question marks: ? and ¿. Who created these? They're ugly; it's like an exclamation point was warped by a gravitational anomaly. Gravitational anomalies suck ass.

>> No.10072436

>>10072180
i dislike all punctuation it is a crutch for the weak if you cant construct your sentences adequately using words you have no place being an author

>> No.10072469

>>10072436

Great post!

>> No.10072474

>>10072180
It seems to me a language thing, in English we almost never use them but in French they're extremely common
I blame sloppy translators who don't take account of this

>> No.10072477

wtf I hate explanation marks now!

>> No.10073507
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10073507

>>10072477
checked, keked and my opinion of you is pic related.

>> No.10073511

>>10072332
my mother was fucked by a labrador in my dreams last night. I fear the pancake.

>> No.10073603

>>10073511
Spicy dubs

>> No.10073950

>>10072436
>PUNCTUATION IS UNNECESSARY
>STILL USES CAPITALIZATION

>> No.10074001

>>10072332
or literary shitposting

>> No.10074011

>>10073950
STOP SHOUTING YOULL WAKE THE KIDS

>> No.10074035

>>10072416
Unironically the most reddit think I've read today

>> No.10074043

>>10072332
I'm not sure I've ever read a book written for adults that used sound effects like that.

>> No.10074458

>>10072436
>>10073950
>>10074011
>STILLUSINGSPACES

>> No.10074477

>>10074458
usinggreentext

>> No.10075356

bumnp

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10075648

>>10074035
for once I agree with this sentiment

>> No.10076097

Doesn't bother me if the tone is properly set before that sentence. Then I'll already have it in my head that it's being exclaimed.

>> No.10076128

>>10072328
HWÆT!

>> No.10076133

>>10072436
>capitals
>spaces
>tittles
gobacktoreddıtyoufuckingplebyoudontknowanything

>> No.10076154

>>10074477
snggrntxt

>> No.10076453
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10076453

>read Tom Wolfe
>Entire book is onomatopoeia and excessive exclamation points

>> No.10076890

>>10072299
the vocative and imperative

>> No.10077727

>>10072416
anybody else stopped using question marks on the internet
it's not that I'm lazy, it just seems more appropriate

>> No.10077733

>>10072180
yea bitch get a personality

emo angsty whiners use periods

>> No.10077747

>>10074477
>posting

>

>> No.10078256

>>10076890
why should the imperative always be followed by an exclamation? someone's watching too much game of thrones

>> No.10078430

Don't you hate it when there's oh! An exclamation in the middle of the fucking yes! The sentence.

>> No.10078586

>>10078430
this is really uncomfortable to read

>> No.10078602

>>10078430
you`r'e improper grammar bothers me more

leave the exclamations alone

>> No.10078977

>>10072180
Maybe the narrator has enormous lung capacity.

>> No.10078982

>>10078977
you can have a small voice and still be excited

>> No.10078990

>embarrassed by punctuation
anyone who is this way is a huge fag! (meant sincerely)

>> No.10078995

>>10072416
> ncluding but not limited to upside down question marks:
its really strange how 9 words can reveal just how massive of a faggot someone is

>> No.10079001

sometimes i use ! when i mean it intently
but not yelling it out, just internally passionate
or slightly enthused ^_^
screaming inside
can never use just one

>> No.10079061

>>10077733
what