Grammar & Punctuation : When to Use an Exclamation Mark

Exclamation marks should only be used for special occasions in order to provide extra emphasis to a sentence. Find out how exclamation marks lose their meaning if they are used too often with information from a writer and English tutor in this free video on grammar and punctuation.

Expert: Heather Kamins
Bio: Heather Kamins was diagnosed with lupus when she was 14 years old, and has dealt with kidney involvement, joint problems, medication side effects and other lupus-related issues.
Filmmaker: Dimitri LaBarge

[taigaboi]

you use it whenever you want a song to be added to a playlist during a twitch stream. !songrequest Darude - sandstorm

[Mister.Psychology]

It's actually pretty weird. For example, this looks weird; She said: "Stop! Don't shoot! I am unarmed!" Basically if she is shouting all the time all the sentences have to have an exclamation mark after them? It looks wrong. What if the is shouting commands for half a minute?

[capitalizedletters]

Um... who doesn't know how to use an exclamation point?

[tgashi]

Wtf you mean?!
That's easier then 1.14 Minutes to listen this :P