THE EXCLAMATION-POINT

This point is used in two ways:

1. It is used after a word or group of words to express command, surprise, or emotion.

2. Enclosed in brackets, it is used in a quotation to express surprise, irony, or contempt.

101. Wake up! Something is going wrong!

102. Oh, how hard my lot[!]

The practice of using two or three exclamation-points together is not now followed.