I use it more than I used to, and only use it in email, FWIW - but that's more work-related than medium-related. For my work communications, any interactive client-communication would have more exclamation points in it than a story, proposal, training document, etc. The reason is precisely that given on page 1: email is a flat medium -- it's more of a substitute for phone calls than letters, and so it needs something to stand in for facial gestures and speech tone. In informal emails, we have emoticons and interrobangs, but those don't fly so well in business settings as yet -- so all we have left is the exclamation point.
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Alicia Henn <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/**07/03/fashion/exclamation-** > points-and-e-mails-cultural-**studies.html?nl=**todaysheadlines&emc=tha26<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/fashion/exclamation-points-and-e-mails-cultural-studies.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha26> > > While we're talking about punctuation, here's an interesting article about > how email and texting has changed the use of the exclamation point, "the > literary equivalent to canned applause." > > Alicia > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to r-spec+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <r-spec%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/r-spec?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en>. > > -- -- eric scoles | [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
