exclamation mark

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˌeks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃənˌmɑ:k/
• SAMPA: /%Eks.kl@"meI.S@n %mA:k/

Noun

Singular exclamation mark

Plural exclamation marks

1. (countable) An exclamation mark is the sign ! used at the end of a sentence to express a strong emotion such as surprise, annoyance or anger.

   In English a space is not needed between the last word and the exclamation mark.

   Comics use a lot of exclamation marks alone to express strong emotions.

Related words

• exclamation
• mark

Punctuation marks (edit)

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) • brackets ( [] ) • braces ( {} ) • colon ( : ) • comma ( , ) • dashes ( – ) ( — ) • ellipsis ( ... ) • exclamation mark ( ! ) • hyphen ( ‐ ) ( - ) • parentheses ( () ) • period / full stop ( . ) • question mark ( ? ) • quotation marks ( ' ' ) ( " " ) • semicolon ( ; ) • slash ( / ) Other: ampersand ( & ) • asterisk ( * ) • at ( @ ) • backslash ( \ ) • bullet ( • ) ( · ) • degree ( ° ) • number sign / pound sign ( # ) • tilde ( ~ ) • underscore ( _ ) • vertical bar / pipe ( | ) •