On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 09:21 PM, Steven Brust wrote: > 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. > I am confused! Oh wait, sorry :-)