Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. How Many Exclamation Points Are Too Many in an Email? A Psychologist Weighs In originally appeared on Parade. Writing an email ...

Does this sign really need four exclamation points? Image: Eva the Weaver Hey!! Have you noticed that everyone who emails you seems to be super excited all the time!? Those are some perky emails!!

Positive working relationships with co-workers and colleagues outside of your company are crucial to success in your job. They are also vital with customers and other professionals with whom you ...

There is a town of 1,471 happy souls in Quebec called Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha!. The second "Ha!", amazingly, is part of the town's name, not my commentary on the first "Ha!". Unlike, for example, the ...

If you really want to demonstrate your dislike for someone, end a sentence with a period. "Thanks so much." "That's great." "Happy birthday." As a line in an email, a text or a Facebook comment, any ...

It was in my first office job that my habit of writing exclamation mark–ridden work emails first came to my attention. My supervisor noticed the pattern and gently asked me to tone it down. At first I ...

There are few things more annoying than poor grammar in work emails! The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on the tyranny of the exclamation point in the office, and boy did I have a ...

I used to help my mom with her Facebook account. Our weekly tutorials were fraught, ending in either frustration ("No, Lydia, for the last time, you may not poke your father") or metaphysical musings.

Are you a "serial exclamation pointer?" You can admit it if you are. (Really! You can!) You're certainly not alone. Plenty of us get trigger-happy when it comes to using exclamation points — ...