Exclamation marks, ellipses and ‘haha’ can’t fix our growing inability to communicate.

The additions mark the second consecutive year that Korean-derived terms have been incorporated into the dictionary.

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 ...

At first glance, my emails are polite and warm, after all "I'm just checking" in on a deadline but "no worries either way". However, a closer look reveals my messages are punctuated by unnecessary ...

When Jon LaMantia, a Long Island-based business reporter, was in journalism school, his professor drilled one rule into his students: you get two exclamation points a year and no more. “So if you use ...

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.

LONDON: I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work emails and those who did not. I also thought that frequent users of what Americans ...

It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking Name: Exclamation marks! Age: Nearly 700 years old! Appearance: ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Punctuation is fraught and contentious business, and that’s before you even take semicolons ...

I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work e-mails and those who did not. I also thought that frequent users of what Americans insist ...

I used to think there were two sorts of people in the world: those who used exclamation marks in their work emails and those who did not. I also thought that frequent users of what Americans insist on ...