For Shame ! ! !

For shame, indeed!

I've made a horrific discovery today.

I discovered that somebody I know very well – somebody I was so certain knew better – has been guilty of a heinous crime.

Yes, they've been using more than one exclamation mark at a time.

Now, many people who know me are already aware that I have an intense dislike of this particular method of punctuation, even when it's being used properly; but to discover this sort of abuse going on right under my nose has been an especially distressing time for me.

If ever there was a punctuational equivalent of adding "Am I right, folks? Am I right? Huh? Huh?" to the end of a bad joke or unwitty remark, it is the compound use of more than one exclamation mark.

Oh, the humanity!

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