[Closed] Exclamation mark, estate agent and empowerment

Backs away from thread

Backs away from thread!

I reckon exclamation marks are only for reported speech and informal text where it's a substitute for verbal communication - like on here.

If it's anything else, don't do it.

Thanks molgrips. 🙂

Junkyard and nemesis - no words of wisdom? Is disappointed. 😉

If you want to sound ranty and incomprehensible then I can help with that ! 😉

Sorry 😳

I'd say that exclamation marks are not for anything formal/factual/etc.

They're for emphasizing something that is conversational in nature IMO.

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Are you buying/selling something in Westward Ho!?

They should only be used to announce either a thrilling sale or bargainous orgasm.

It's been replaced almost entirely in the civilised world by "LOL"

What nemesis and molgrips said. When officially venting your spleen, presumably at an estate agent, the best course of action is not to rant. Question marks are borderline ok - "Are you a complete bunch of mindless jerks?", "Do you think this acceptable?", "How many exams did you fail to end up in your position?" or one I used in a letter to the Student Loans Company: "I presume you do have calculators in Scotland?". Make them feel stupid, don't tell them they are.

What nemesis said.

Oi I said it first!

I feel stupid now.

There, fixed.

Not as stupid as molgrips!

😉

Lol thanks. See what an exclamation mark can do in the right hands? 😉

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General rule is, if you raise your eyebrows when writing a sentence, you need to add an exclamation mark. Never use more than one.

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

Keep your exclamation points ­under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

All those exclamation marks, you notice? Five? A sure sign of someone who wears his underpants on his head.

Rarely, if at all in normal or business communication. On here or a text to your mates, then yes.

Ask my brother! He uses them all the time! Drives me mad!

The exclamation mark is old hat. The interrobang is where it's at, it makes the sentence come alive. (You just need a font that supports it)

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Wow! [s]What ascii code is an interrobang?[/s]

Ooh 8253

I was always [s]thrashed by the prefects after prayers[/s] taught not to use it for emphasis but that it's an ejaculatory* mark

*you could have "exclamatory" I suppose, but I think this is always better 😉 (and neatly incorporates Malvern Rider's bargasm)

It works if you copy and paste it ?

Brilliant responses, thank you. 😆 Love those links too. Knew you could be relied on.

This is the first line of an e-mail from the manager of the estate agent we're using:

[i]We have had some unfortunate news that your buyer has lost her buyer![/i]

Should I have found it funny? Sense of humour failure perhaps on my part?

Rarely, if at all in normal or business communication. On here or a text to your mates, then yes.

Njee's gonna get you.

Njee's gonna get you.

I'm far too quick for him.

😉

I think it's an inappropriate exclamation mark from your estate agent trying to convey that they understand the impact this has...

But estate agents use them to describe properties so...

This house enjoys a cesspit in full view of the patio! LOL

We have had some unfortunate news that your buyer has lost her buyer!

Deserves! A! Kicking!

Deserves a kicking?!

EA has been pushing us for pre-Xmas completion and we've been accommodating our Buyer so much so that I'm sitting here surrounded by packing boxes with a deposit paid on a rental.

I had a little cry yesterday. 🙁

You folk have cheered me up no end though, take a bow. 😆

Sorry to hear that. It's really crap moving house (though usually with good ending).

Hope it works out.

General rule is, if you raise your eyebrow[b]s[/b] when writing a sentence, you need to add an exclamation mark. Never use more than one.

What if I were to only raise a single eyebrow? What should I use for that?

Down with exclamation marks¡¡¡

Don't cry CG always look on the bright side!!!!
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Are you sure you want to get into this with the agency that is helping you sell your house? Whilst pointing out his lack of grammatical skill might provide a welcome release of frustration, I presume you still need him to be on side when it comes to flogging your house.

I'm not sure that making him feel like a cretin is going to help.

Deep down, he almost certainly already knows he's a cretin!

We're talking about Teflon Tony here, that's my nickname for him anyway. Dreadful bloke who lies and has lied again this morning stating that my brother has given him instructions to put it back on the market when my brother hasn't.

Have e-mailed him asking for the time of this alleged conversation, no reply received funnily enough. He's getting the big E, no questions asked. 😈

Had some wine last night, it helped. 8)

I'm not sure what the big E is but it sounds painful...

Estrogen?
Egg?
Eulogy?
E-bike?

What if I were to only raise a single eyebrow? What should I use for that?

Wierdly, I could do that as a kid, but can't now. Should I change my grammar to compensatE?