indicates that the sentence to which it is put asks a question; as, "What is the meaning of that assertion? What am I to do?"
211. The Note of Exclamation !
or of admiration, indicates surprise, pleasure, or sorrow; as "Oh! Ah! Goodness! Beautiful! I am astonished! Woe is me!"
Sometimes, when an expression of strong surprise or pleasure is intended, two notes of this character are employed, thus!!
212. The Parenthesis ( )
is used to prevent confusion by the introduction to a sentence of a passage not necessary to the sense thereof. "I am going to meet Mr. Smith (though I am not an admirer of him) on Wednesday next." It is better, however, as a rule, not to employ parenthetical sentences.
213. The Asterisk *