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style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Unicode_0x0021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Unicode_0x0021.svg/120px-Unicode_0x0021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Unicode_0x0021.svg/180px-Unicode_0x0021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Unicode_0x0021.svg/240px-Unicode_0x0021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></a></span><br />also &excl; </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">!</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=0021">U+0021</a>, <a 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→<br /><small>[U+0022]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r75637847">.mw-parser-output .character-sample{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;font-size:300%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1)}.mw-parser-output .character-sample>:only-child{display:block}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-primary{display:inline-table;min-width:1.1em;font-size:300%;line-height:110%;text-align:center;background:rgb(0,0,0);background:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .character-sample-secondary{display:inline-block;min-width:1em;text-align:center}</style> <div class="NavFrame floatright" style="width:25em;max-width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:left;margin-bottom:7px;font-size:100%;"> <div class="NavHead">Character variations</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Text style</th> <th>Emoji style </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Android_Emoji_2755.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Android_Emoji_2755.svg/120px-Android_Emoji_2755.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Android_Emoji_2755.svg/180px-Android_Emoji_2755.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Android_Emoji_2755.svg/240px-Android_Emoji_2755.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg/120px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg/180px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg/240px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2755.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 250%; text-align: center; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);"> <td style="padding: 0;">❕︎</td> <td style="padding: 0;">❕️ </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 80%;"> <td colspan="2">Text style is <a href="/wiki/variation_selector" title="variation selector">forced with</a> ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❕</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2755">U+2755</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10069;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">WHITE EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%94" class="mw-redirect" title="❔"><span title="WHITE QUESTION MARK ORNAMENT">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❔</span><br /><small>[U+2754]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%96" title="❖"><span title="BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❖</span> →<br /><small>[U+2756]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Text style</th> <th>Emoji style </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span class="skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Android_Emoji_2757.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Android_Emoji_2757.svg/120px-Android_Emoji_2757.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Android_Emoji_2757.svg/250px-Android_Emoji_2757.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></td> <td style="text-align: center; width: 50%;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg/120px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg/180px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg/240px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2757.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 250%; text-align: center; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);"> <td style="padding: 0;">❗︎</td> <td style="padding: 0;">❗️ </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 80%;"> <td colspan="2">Text style is <a href="/wiki/variation_selector" title="variation selector">forced with</a> ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❗</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2757">U+2757</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10071;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK SYMBOL</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%96" title="❖"><span title="BLACK DIAMOND MINUS WHITE X">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❖</span><br /><small>[U+2756]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E2%9D%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="❘ (page does not exist)"><span title="LIGHT VERTICAL BAR"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❘</span> →<br /><small>[U+2758]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❢</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2762">U+2762</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10082;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="❡"><span title="CURVED STEM PARAGRAPH SIGN ORNAMENT">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❡</span><br /><small>[U+2761]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%A3" class="mw-redirect" title="❣"><span title="HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❣</span> →<br /><small>[U+2763]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg/120px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg/180px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg/240px-Noto_Emoji_v2.034_2763.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 250%; text-align: center; background: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);"> <td style="padding: 0;">❣︎</td> <td style="padding: 0;">❣️ </td></tr> <tr style="font-size: 80%;"> <td colspan="2">Text style is <a href="/wiki/variation_selector" title="variation selector">forced with</a> ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary Zsym">❣</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2763">U+2763</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#10083;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">HEAVY HEART EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%A2" class="mw-redirect" title="❢"><span title="HEAVY EXCLAMATION MARK ORNAMENT">← <span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❢</span><br /><small>[U+2762]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats" title="Appendix:Unicode/Dingbats">Dingbats</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%A4" class="mw-redirect" title="❤"><span title="HEAVY BLACK HEART"><span class="character-sample-secondary Zsym">❤</span> →<br /><small>[U+2764]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">︕</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FE15">U+FE15</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65045;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EXCLAMATION MARK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B8%94" class="mw-redirect" title="︔"><span title="PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL SEMICOLON">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">︔</span><br /><small>[U+FE14]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Vertical_Forms" title="Appendix:Unicode/Vertical Forms">Vertical Forms</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B8%96" class="mw-redirect" title="︖"><span title="PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL QUESTION MARK"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">︖</span> →<br /><small>[U+FE16]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">﹗</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FE57">U+FE57</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65111;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">SMALL EXCLAMATION MARK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left"></td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%96" class="mw-redirect" title="﹖"><span title="SMALL QUESTION MARK">← <span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹖</span><br /><small>[U+FE56]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Small_Form_Variants" title="Appendix:Unicode/Small Form Variants">Small Form Variants</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%B9%98" class="mw-redirect" title="﹘"><span title="SMALL EM DASH"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">﹘</span> →<br /><small>[U+FE58]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /> <table class="wikitable floatright character-info" style="width:25em;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 70px;" colspan="2"><table><tbody><tr><td><span class="character-sample-primary None">！</span></td><td> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=FF01">U+FF01</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references" class="extiw" title="w:List of XML and HTML character entity references">&#65281;</a> <div class="character-sample-name">FULLWIDTH EXCLAMATION MARK</div></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:100%;font-size:80%;white-space:nowrap"><tbody><tr><td style="width:50%;text-align:left">[unassigned: U+FF00]</td><td style="width:50%;text-align:right"></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;text-align:center"><tbody><tr><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BB%BF" class="mw-redirect" title=""><span title="ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE">← <br /><small>[U+FEFF]</small></span></a> </td><td style="width:60%;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms" title="Appendix:Unicode/Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms">Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms</a> </td><td style="width:20%"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%82" class="mw-redirect" title="＂"><span title="FULLWIDTH QUOTATION MARK"><span class="character-sample-secondary None">＂</span> →<br /><small>[U+FF02]</small></span></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r75637847" /></div></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translingual">Translingual</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Description">Description</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A point and a vertical line above it. In some fonts the vertical line forms a thin acute angle, being slightly larger at the top than the bottom. It may also be rounded at the top. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Derives from <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\overset {I}{o}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mover> <mi>o</mi> <mi>I</mi> </mover> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\overset {I}{o}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5d06d8cb71cc2575753a79107601018f43811c80" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.128ex; height:3.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\overset {I}{o}}}" /></span>, a <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> abbreviation of either <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/interiectio#Latin" title="interiectio">interiectiō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">interjection</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> or the interjection <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/io#Latin" title="io">iō</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">hey!</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It expresses awe, wonderment (Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/admiratio#Latin" title="admiratio">admīrātiō</a></i>) in the clause. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Punctuation_mark">Punctuation mark</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Punctuation mark"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="mul">!</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Denoting <a href="/wiki/excitement#English" title="excitement">excitement</a>, <a href="/wiki/surprise#English" title="surprise">surprise</a>, <a href="/wiki/shock#English" title="shock">shock</a> or sudden <a href="/wiki/realization#English" title="realization">realizations</a>.</span> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">Expresses <a href="/wiki/excitement#English" title="excitement">excitement</a>, <a href="/wiki/anger#English" title="anger">anger</a> or other <a href="/wiki/emotion#English" title="emotion">emotion</a>.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">What a beautiful day<b>!</b></i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2007</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling" class="extiw" title="w:J. K. Rowling">J. K. Rowling</a>, translated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_Wyler" class="extiw" title="w:Lia Wyler">Lia Wyler</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows" class="extiw" title="w:pt:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows">Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte</a></cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows" class="extiw" title="w:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows</a></span></cite>] (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter" class="extiw" title="w:Harry Potter">Harry Potter</a>; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788532522610" title="Special:BookSources/9788532522610">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">369</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="pt">Seu macaquinho imundo<b>!</b></span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">You filthy little monkey<b>!</b></span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Replacing a period at the end of a declarative sentence.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I had no idea<b>!</b></i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">Following a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">How is that possible?<b>!</b></i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">At the end of an interjection that is set off by dashes or parentheses.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">After he finished his drink — his fifth<b>!</b> — he left the room.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="use-with-mention">In parentheses, see <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/(!)#Translingual" title="(!)">(!)</a></span>.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">After he finished his fifth drink (<b>!</b>), he left the room.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used between words to add <a href="/wiki/emphasis#English" title="emphasis">emphasis</a> to an <a href="/wiki/exclamation#English" title="exclamation">exclamation</a> or <a href="/wiki/imperative#English" title="imperative">imperative</a>.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2024</b> October 24, Mehera Bonner, Jamie Ballard, “Hi, You Should See These Rare Photos of Prince William Through the Years”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitan_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Cosmopolitan (magazine)">Cosmopolitan</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/g30120123/prince-william-young-photos/">[2]</a></sup> (in English):</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">MAKE<b>!</b> PRINCE<b>!</b> WILLIAM<b>!</b> HAVE<b>!</b> MIDDLE<b>!</b> PARTED<b>!</b> BANGS<b>!</b> AGAIN<b>!</b></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/comics" title="comics">comics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used in some comics instead of the <a href="/wiki/period#English" title="period">period</a> (<b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60period%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`period`">.</a></span></b>), ending all <a href="/wiki/sentence#English" title="sentence">sentences</a>, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/comics" title="comics">comics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/video_game" title="video game">video games</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used <a href="/wiki/by_oneself#English" title="by oneself">by itself</a> to convey that a <a href="/wiki/character#English" title="character">character</a> is <a href="/wiki/surprised#English" title="surprised">surprised</a> at something.</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"<br />Character #2: "<b>!</b>"</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1996</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Freak" class="extiw" title="w:Game Freak">Game Freak</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue" class="extiw" title="w:Pokémon Red and Blue">Pokémon Red and Blue</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo" class="extiw" title="w:Nintendo">Nintendo</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="mul"><b>!</b> <span class="quote-note"><span class="quote-gloss-brac">[</span><span class="quote-gloss-content">indicates that another trainer noticed the <a href="/wiki/player#Translingual" title="player">player</a> character, prompting a battle between them</span><span class="quote-gloss-brac">]</span></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2015</b> September 15, Toby Fox, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertale" class="extiw" title="w:Undertale">Undertale</a></cite>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" class="extiw" title="w:Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/macOS" class="extiw" title="w:macOS">OS X</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>!</b> <span class="quote-note"><span class="quote-gloss-brac">[</span><span class="quote-gloss-content">indicates a random <a href="/wiki/encounter#English" title="encounter">encounter</a> with a monster</span><span class="quote-gloss-brac">]</span></span></span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/comics" title="comics">comics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/video_game" title="video game">video games</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to convey that a <a href="/wiki/character#English" title="character">character</a> has made a sudden <a href="/wiki/realize#English" title="realize">realization</a>.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2002</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom" class="extiw" title="w:Capcom">Capcom</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Wright:_Ace_Attorney_%E2%80%93_Justice_for_All" class="extiw" title="w:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All">Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom" class="extiw" title="w:Capcom">Capcom</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> I would like to go over this one more time. You met Adrian Andrews at a bar and took the request at that time? / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> Yes, that is correct. / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> And that's the moment you thought '<i>he</i>' was trustworthy... / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> How many times must I repeat myself? Yes, that is correct. / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> I'm sorry, but that is an impossible tale. / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> Wh-What!? / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> Shelly de Killer. You have never met the real Adrian Andrews! / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> ...! Wh-Why would you say that...? / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> Because you made one very big slip-up... ...about <i>her</i>. / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> So what is the issue... ...<b>!</b> / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">de Killer</span>:</i> Wh-What did you say just now...? About '<i>her</i>'...? / <i><span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Phoenix</span>:</i> If you had ever met Adrian Andrews in person... One look would have told you that she is a woman!</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/botany" title="botany">botany</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Placed after a <a href="/wiki/herbarium#English" title="herbarium">herbarium</a> abbreviation to indicate that the mentioned <a href="/wiki/material#English" title="material">material</a> held there has been examined directly by the <a href="/wiki/author#English" title="author">author</a>.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span> June, A Michele Funston, “Taxonomic Revision of Roldana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a Genus of the Southwestern U.S.A., Mexico, and Central America”, in <cite>Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden</cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">95</span>, number 2 (in English), page <span class="None" lang="und">307</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">TYPE: Mexico. Nayarit: Tepic, 10 Feb. 1927, <i>Marcus E. Jones 23357</i> (holotype, POM not seen; isotype, US<b>!</b>).</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/fandom" title="fandom">fandom</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used to join a <a href="/wiki/descriptor#English" title="descriptor">descriptor</a>, such as a trait, with its <a href="/wiki/referent#English" title="referent">referent</a>, usually a character or relationship.</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">She particularly prefers to read fanfiction about hurt<b>!</b>Spock.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2000</b> October 3, Alli Snow, “comment and question”, in <cite><kbd>alt.tv.stargate-sg1</kbd></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tv.stargate-sg1/Z0iXYG5Xsig/4_pFnhi7tykJ">[3]</a></sup> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet" class="extiw" title="w:Usenet">Usenet</a>), message-ID <8rehdg$7u2$1@nnrp1.deja.com>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But it has been a while since we've seen Smart<b>!</b>Jack; I wouldn't mind seeing him again...</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2000</b> December 12, Laura, “Since You've Been Gone”, in <cite><kbd>alt.tv.x-files</kbd></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.tv.x-files/_p3zPX0qqSc/BBnbWO3aYCMJ">[4]</a></sup> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet" class="extiw" title="w:Usenet">Usenet</a>), message-ID <3A36ABBA.FE77CD07@erols.com>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Some take great exception to Action<b>!</b>Scully thinking she should be a little more country than rock and roll in her delicate condition.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Its English name is variously <a href="/wiki/exclamation_mark" title="exclamation mark">exclamation mark</a>, <a href="/wiki/exclamation_point" title="exclamation point">exclamation point</a>, <a href="/wiki/exclamation" title="exclamation">exclamation</a>, <a href="/wiki/ecphoneme" title="ecphoneme">ecphoneme</a>, or, in computing contexts, <a href="/wiki/shriek" title="shriek">shriek</a>, <a href="/wiki/bang" title="bang">bang</a> or <a href="/wiki/pling" title="pling">pling</a>.</li> <li>In its use to denote excitement, surprise, or shock, it is sometimes repeated for additional emphasis, as in "!!", "!!!", "??!!!", or the like.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/(!)#Translingual" title="(!)">(!)</a></span></li><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/!_!#Translingual" title="! !">! !</a></span></li><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/!!#Translingual" title="!!">!!</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">doubled</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/!%3F#Translingual" title="!?">!?</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">exclamation and questioning</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1#Translingual" title="¡">¡</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">inverted</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li><li><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%BD#Translingual" title="‽">‽</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">interrobang</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li><li><span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9A%A0#Translingual" title="⚠">⚠</a></span></li><li><span class="Zsym" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%9D%A2#Translingual" class="mw-redirect" title="❢">❢</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-punctuation_mark_denoting_excitement,_surprise,_or_shock"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Aiton: <span class="Mymr" lang="aio"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EA%A9%B7&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="꩷ (page does not exist)">꩷</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="aio-Latn" class="tr Latn">!</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="#Armenian">՜</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn"><sup>!</sup></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="None" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">!</a></span>, <span class="None" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1_!#Catalan" title="¡ !">¡ !</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">uncommon</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="None" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%81#Mandarin" class="mw-redirect" title="！">！</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EF%BC%81" class="extiw" title="zh:！">(zh)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Fula: <span class="Adlm" lang="ff"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%F0%9E%A5%9E&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="𞥞 (page does not exist)">𞥞</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="None" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%EF%BC%81#Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="！">！</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EF%BC%81" class="extiw" title="ja:！">(ja)</a></span></li> <li>Limbu: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Limb" lang="lif"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%A5%84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="᥄ (page does not exist)">᥄</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="lif-Latn" class="tr Latn">!</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></li> <li>N'Ko: <span class="Nkoo" lang="nqo"><a href="/wiki/%DF%B9#N'Ko" title="߹">߹</a></span></li> <li>Shan: <span class="Mymr" lang="shn"><a href="/wiki/%E1%82%9F#Shan" title="႟">႟</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="None" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/%C2%A1_!#Spanish" title="¡ !">¡ !</a></span></li> <li>Vai: <span class="Vaii" lang="vai"><a href="/wiki/%EA%98%8E%EA%98%8E#Vai" title="꘎꘎">꘎꘎</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="vai-Latn" class="tr Latn">!</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="None headword" lang="mul">!</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The <a href="/wiki/factorial" title="factorial">factorial</a>: the result of a <a href="/wiki/multiplication" title="multiplication">multiplication</a> of all <a href="/wiki/integer" title="integer">integers</a> from 1 to the given <a href="/wiki/number" title="number">number</a>. <dl><dd>5<b>!</b> = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 120</dd> <dd>"five <b>factorial</b> equals 120"</dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/chess" title="chess">chess</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">An indicator of a good move.</span> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1983</b></span>, Claude Santoy, <cite>Échecs et maths</cite> (in French), Marabout,, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-501-00341-1" title="Special:BookSources/2-501-00341-1">→ISBN</a></small>, page <span class="None" lang="und">134</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="fr">(Fb4<b>!</b> 10.c3 suivi de De7 eut été plus précis)</span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">(Bb4! 10.c3 followed by Qe7 would have been more efficient)</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> in many <a href="/wiki/programming_language" title="programming language">programming languages</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">A <a href="/wiki/Boolean#English" title="Boolean">Boolean</a> <a href="/wiki/negation#English" title="negation">negation</a>, the <i>not</i> <a href="/wiki/operator#English" title="operator">operator</a>, serving to <a href="/wiki/invert#English" title="invert">invert</a> the <a href="/wiki/truth_value#English" title="truth value">truth value</a> of what follows.</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/e-mail" title="e-mail">e-mail</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Formerly used as a <a href="/wiki/separator#English" title="separator">separator</a> between <a href="/wiki/hostname#English" title="hostname">hostnames</a> in an <a href="/wiki/e-mail_address#English" title="e-mail address">e-mail address</a> for the purpose of <a href="/wiki/routing#English" title="routing">routing</a> a message (called <i>bang path notation</i>).</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/computing#Noun" title="computing">computing</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/IRC" title="IRC">IRC</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="use-with-mention">Used as a separator between a user's <a href="/wiki/nickname#English" title="nickname">nickname</a> and <a href="/wiki/ident#English" title="ident">ident</a>.</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b><a href="/wiki/punctuation" title="punctuation">Punctuation</a></b> </p> <div style="font-size:smaller"> <div class="columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/apostrophe" title="apostrophe">apostrophe</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%27#Translingual" title="'">'</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99#Translingual" title="’">’</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/curly_brackets" title="curly brackets">curly brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/brace" title="brace">braces</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60lcub%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`lcub`">{</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60rcub%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`rcub`">}</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/square_bracket" title="square bracket">square brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/bracket" title="bracket">brackets</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60lsqb%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`lsqb`">[</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60rsqb%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`rsqb`">]</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/colon" title="colon">colon</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="#Translingual">:</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/comma" title="comma">comma</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/,#Translingual" title=",">,</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/dash" title="dash">dashes</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%92#Translingual" title="‒">‒</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%93#Translingual" title="–">–</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%94#Translingual" title="—">—</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%95#Translingual" title="―">―</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ellipsis" title="ellipsis">ellipsis</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%A6#Translingual" title="…">…</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/exclamation_mark" title="exclamation mark">exclamation mark</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><strong class="selflink">!</strong></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/fraction_slash" title="fraction slash">fraction slash</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%81%84#Translingual" title="⁄">⁄</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/guillemet" title="guillemet">guillemets</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%AB#Translingual" title="«">«</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%BB#Translingual" title="»">»</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%B9#Translingual" title="‹">‹</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%BA#Translingual" title="›">›</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/hyphen" title="hyphen">hyphen</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/-#Translingual" title="-">-</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%90#Translingual" title="‐">‐</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/interpunct" title="interpunct">interpunct</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%C2%B7#Translingual" title="·">·</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/interrobang" title="interrobang">interrobang</a> <i><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">rare</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></i> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%BD#Translingual" title="‽">‽</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/bracket" title="bracket">brackets</a> or <a href="/wiki/parenthesis" title="parenthesis">parentheses</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US, Canada</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/(#Translingual" title="(">(</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/)#Translingual" title=")">)</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/full_stop" title="full stop">full stop</a> or <a href="/wiki/period" title="period">period</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">US, Canada</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/%60period%60#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/`period`">.</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/question_mark" title="question mark">question mark</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%3F#Translingual" title="?">?</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/quotation_marks" title="quotation marks">quotation marks</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">formal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%98#Translingual" title="‘">‘</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%99#Translingual" title="’">’</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9A#Translingual" title="‚">‚</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9C#Translingual" title="“">“</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9D#Translingual" title="”">”</a></span> <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%9E#Translingual" title="„">„</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/quotation_marks" title="quotation marks">quotation marks</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">informal<span class="ib-comma qualifier-comma">,</span> computing</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%22#Translingual" title=""">"</a></span></b> ) ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/%27#Translingual" title="'">'</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/semicolon" title="semicolon">semicolon</a> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/;#Translingual" title=";">;</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/slash" title="slash">slash</a> or <a href="/wiki/stroke" title="stroke">stroke</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">UK</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> ( <b><span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki//#Translingual" title="/">/</a></span></b> )</li> <li><a href="/wiki/space" title="space">space</a> ( <span class="None" lang="mul"><a href="/wiki/Unsupported_titles/Space#Translingual" title="Unsupported titles/Space">] [</a></span> )</li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r79053813">.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-alpha ol{list-style:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-alpha ol{list-style:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-roman ol{list-style:lower-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-upper-roman ol{list-style:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-lower-greek ol{list-style:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-disc ol{list-style:disc}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-square ol{list-style:square}.mw-parser-output .reflist.list-style-none ol{list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks .mw-cite-backlink,.mw-parser-output .reflist.nobacklinks li>a{display:none}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-small ol{font-size:xx-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-small ol{font-size:x-small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-smaller ol{font-size:smaller}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-small ol{font-size:small}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-medium ol{font-size:medium}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-large ol{font-size:large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-larger ol{font-size:larger}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-x-large ol{font-size:x-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist.font-size-xx-large ol{font-size:xx-large}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="2"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:2}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="3"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:3}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="4"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:4}.mw-parser-output .reflist[data-column-count="5"] .mw-references-wrap{column-count:5}</style><div class="reflist"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Alexander Humez (<span class="None" lang="und">1987</span>) <cite>A B C et cetera: the life & times of the Roman alphabet</cite>, Boston: David R. Godine, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781567921007" title="Special:BookSources/9781567921007">→ISBN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/44669442">→OCLC</a></small></span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<span class="None" lang="und">!</span>”, in <cite>Fanlore</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://fanlore.org/wiki/!">[1]</a></sup>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019</span>, retrieved <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2020-04-20">2020-04-20</span></span></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=!&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Further 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