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Listen Up! How You Use Punctuation in Texts? It Matters. A Lot.

Punctuation marks convey tone and meaning in text messages and online in far different ways than the old days of the written word. But no mark may infuriate people more than a hostile-sounding period.
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Your Punctuation Can Change the Whole Meaning of a Text

A quick “thank you” message can go from friendly to passive-aggressive or anxiety-inducing, simply by changing the exclamation point to a period. We heard from a linguist who explains how punctuation works on the internet, and its differences from the old days.
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