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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“A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.”
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