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10072180

Anonymous Tue Sep 26 03:12:43 2017 No.10072180 [Reply] [Original]

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

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 03:53:16 2017 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.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:01:18 2017 No.10072285 !!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:06:42 2017 No.10072299 >>10072180 exclamation points should only be used for dialogue desu

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:16:45 2017 No.10072328 Heark!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:18:49 2017 No.10072332 >>10072299 CRASH!!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:29:33 2017 No.10072349 Russians like Dostoevsky use exclamations all the time. I like them.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:40:20 2017 No.10072369 >>10072349 You mean Constance Garnett uses exclamations all the time

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:41:22 2017 No.10072372 >reading 19th century literature there is your problem

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 04:55:15 2017 No.10072393 >>10072271 ditto >+1 karma

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 05:04:59 2017 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.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 05:15:10 2017 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

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 05:27:51 2017 No.10072469 >>10072436 Great post!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 05:29:53 2017 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

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 05:31:12 2017 No.10072477 wtf I hate explanation marks now!

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 12:23:38 2017 No.10073507 File: 108 KB, 760x768, 1501364276706.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10072477 checked, keked and my opinion of you is pic related.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 12:25:09 2017 No.10073511 >>10072332 my mother was fucked by a labrador in my dreams last night. I fear the pancake.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 12:59:21 2017 No.10073603 >>10073511 Spicy dubs

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 14:54:11 2017 No.10073950 >>10072436 >PUNCTUATION IS UNNECESSARY >STILL USES CAPITALIZATION

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 15:06:05 2017 No.10074001 >>10072332 or literary shitposting

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 15:08:54 2017 No.10074011 >>10073950 STOP SHOUTING YOULL WAKE THE KIDS

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 15:15:17 2017 No.10074035 >>10072416 Unironically the most reddit think I've read today

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 15:17:00 2017 No.10074043 >>10072332 I'm not sure I've ever read a book written for adults that used sound effects like that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 17:07:54 2017 No.10074458 >>10072436 >>10073950 >>10074011 >STILLUSINGSPACES

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 17:13:34 2017 No.10074477 >>10074458 usinggreentext

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 22:08:36 2017 No.10075356 bumnp

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 26 23:37:51 2017 No.10075648 File: 54 KB, 453x439, 1436229733187.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>10074035 for once I agree with this sentiment

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 03:11:36 2017 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.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 03:31:41 2017 No.10076128 >>10072328 HWÆT!

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 03:34:14 2017 No.10076133 >>10072436 >capitals >spaces >tittles gobacktoreddıtyoufuckingplebyoudontknowanything

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 03:54:14 2017 No.10076154 >>10074477 snggrntxt

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 07:11:37 2017 No.10076453 File: 61 KB, 820x820, 1506060837535.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >read Tom Wolfe >Entire book is onomatopoeia and excessive exclamation points

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 10:15:19 2017 No.10076890 >>10072299 the vocative and imperative

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 14:49:49 2017 No.10077727 >>10072416 anybody else stopped using question marks on the internet it's not that I'm lazy, it just seems more appropriate

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 14:51:32 2017 No.10077733 >>10072180 yea bitch get a personality emo angsty whiners use periods

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 14:55:18 2017 No.10077747 >>10074477 >posting >

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 16:53:54 2017 No.10078256 >>10076890 why should the imperative always be followed by an exclamation? someone's watching too much game of thrones

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 17:39:27 2017 No.10078430 Don't you hate it when there's oh! An exclamation in the middle of the fucking yes! The sentence.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 18:16:01 2017 No.10078586 >>10078430 this is really uncomfortable to read

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 18:21:18 2017 No.10078602 >>10078430 you`r'e improper grammar bothers me more leave the exclamations alone

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 19:46:30 2017 No.10078977 >>10072180 Maybe the narrator has enormous lung capacity.

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 19:47:58 2017 No.10078982 >>10078977 you can have a small voice and still be excited

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 19:49:42 2017 No.10078990 >embarrassed by punctuation anyone who is this way is a huge fag! (meant sincerely)

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 19:50:56 2017 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

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 19:52:41 2017 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

>>	Anonymous Wed Sep 27 20:10:16 2017 No.10079061 >>10077733 what