In a world where written communication is a key part of everyday life, it is important to understand how your communication style may come across. All too often, people use emojis and extra ...

Shocking! Women use exclamation marks three times more often than men, according to a new study. Punctuation is a “fraught and contentious business”, said Melanie McDonagh in London’s The Standard.

Yuen: Yep! One punctuation mark speaks loads about gender, tone and whether I’m mad at you Why do we rely on the exclamation point so often, even though we’ve been taught to eschew it? Our columnist ...

New research shows that a single keystroke shapes perceptions of credibility, likability, and authority—and exposes striking gender differences in how we use language. When Jon LaMantia, a Long Island ...

Too much of a good thing can be bad, and it seems that we are seeing an overabundance of exclamation marks! They are usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings!

Simply sign up to the Social affairs myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work emails ...