At 05:58 PM 2/17/2003 -0800, Philip Hart wrote: >I don't in fact use exclamation points. I do, occasionally. I'd miss them if they were gone. But you're right, they're used way too much. I had a huge argument with Ace because they would add exclamation marks to my cover quotes, and that would infuriate me. > >In any case, I've seen too many sentences on the net which couldn't be >spoken in the tone indicated by the attached emoticon to find them >tolerable. Your mileage may vary, to quote the net. This argument, however, is specious. Misuse of a tool by some does not show that the tool is useless. Although I admit that somtimes it does make one wish that the tool would get lost in the box.