A few days ago
When it is appropriate to use an exclamation mark before the end of the sentence?
I want to say, “How could Ashley chose Melanie, a mild-mannered, sickly thing over her, Scarlett!, a charming and vivacious girl?”
Please help!
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A few days ago
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You can’t, because the exclamation point ends the sentence.
You could say…
“How could Ashley choose Melanie, a mild-mannered, sickly thing, over her? Scarlett! A charming and vivacious girl!” (or “Scarlett, a charming and vivacious girl!”)
or maybe it would be…
“How could Ashley choose Melanie, a mild-mannered, sickly thing, over her – Scarlett, a charming and vivacious girl?”
Not sure… but I do know you can’t use an exclamation point in the middle of a sentence, because then the sentence would end.
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A few days ago
In this sentence you could use both the question and exclamation marks – but only at the end. In the middle of a sentence there might be an emphatic phrase isolated by parentheses or quotation marks. e.g. Mary entered the room, said “Ah ha, I caught you!” and left in triumph.
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7 years ago
“An exclamation mark can be inserted within parentheses to emphasize a word within a sentence.
We have some really(!) low-priced rugs on sale this week.” (quoted from source)
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