August 24, 2010
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Women use exclamation points online as indicators of a “friendly interaction.” We’ve been socialized to try to make people feel comfortable and to keep the peace. Hence sentences like, “Bill, I can’t wait to see the 4th quarter EMBO Report on the new 12-gauge ball bearings!”


She’s not excited to see that report. No one is excited to see that report. She’s letting Bill know that she’s not angry that it’s late yet. When she’s angry, she’ll use a period.

An Open Letter to the Person in Charge of New Punctuation

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    I think we’re about at the point where we need to come up with masculine and feminine punctuation marks for emails. I’m...
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