Exclamation mark

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The exclamation mark, !, (also known as the exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection, an exclamation, or a noise to indicate strong feelings (e.g. surprise, humour, anger), a loud sound (e.g. Bang!), or to show emphasis. The exclamation mark often marks the end of a sentence. A bare exclamation mark (with nothing before or after) is frequently used in warning signs. The name of the exclamation mark is attributed to the mid-14th century Italian writer Iacopo Alpoleio da Urbisaglia. Other uses include: In mathematics, it denotes the factorial operation and shriek maps. In computer science, several computer languages use ! at the beginning of an expression to denote logical negation. For example, !A means "the logical negation of A", also called "not A". This usage has spread to ordinary language (e.g., "!clue" means no-clue or clueless). In linguistics, some languages use ǃ, a symbol that looks like an exclamation mark, to denote a...

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