exclamation mark

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌeks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃənˌmɑ:k/, SAMPA: /%Eks.kl@"meI.S@n %mA:k/

[edit] Noun

exclamation mark (plural exclamation marks)

1. Punctuation mark “!” (used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).

   The excessive use of exclamation marks devaluates their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!

[edit] Synonyms

• (punctuation “!”): exclamation point, shreek, bang

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Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( ⟨ ⟩ ) colon ( : )

comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … )

exclamation mark ( ! ) full stop/period ( . ) hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )

interrobang ( ‽ ) question mark ( ? ) quotation marks ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” )

semicolon ( ; ) slash/solidus ( / ) ( ⁄ ) space (   ) interpunct ( · )

• ¡ (inverted exclamation mark/point)
• ‼ (double exclamation mark/point)
• ‽ (interrobang)
• ⁈
• ⁉
• ﹗ (small exclamation mark/point)
• ❢ (dingbat)
• ❣ (dingbat)
• ！ (fullwidth)
• ՜ (Armenian)
• ᥄ (Limbu)