Andre Engels wrote:
On 9/19/05, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
He states that exclamation marks - which he terms "notes of admiration", the term not having then been invented - are superfluous to the language and should be abhorred.
Actually I think this one is a good advise for those writing Wikipedia
- usage of exclamation marks often means that you are slipping towards
POV. Alford's term "note of admiration" explains that well - we should not be noting that something is admirable, just tell the facts and have the reader decide whether they are admirable or down-to-earth.
But we can't be fully NPOV. It's always POV to decide what news is important enough to be on the frontpage and what isn't, for example.
Besides, using an exclamation mark in every second line, as some people tend to do, is in my opinion bad style in itself, even outside Wikipedia.
Absolutely true! (-:
Gerrit.