Nicholas Lezard

The art of exclamation marks!

For centuries, grammarians considered it vulgar and warned against using it too freely – but Jane Austen saw the point of it, says Florence Hazrat

An early 20th-century French postcard advises limiting the use of the exclamation mark (Bridgeman Images) 
issue 07 January 2023

  • An Admirable Point: A Brief History of the Exclamation Mark!

    Florence Hazrat

    Profile Books, pp. 175, £12

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