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Does the exclamation point in a name count as the punctuation at the end of a sentence?

Asked by segdeha (1720points) February 28th, 2008

I’m blogging about work I did for a company called Wapid! There, see? “Wapid!” was the last word of that sentence. Should I have put a period after the exclamation point?

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squirbel's avatar

sí sí, a period does a sentence good. Silly companies putting punctuation in their names (glares at Yahoo!) make English just a little harder at the end of the day.

Another workaround could be to reword the sentence so it’s not the last word; thus avoiding the awkwardness altogether!

segdeha's avatar

I could rework it, but that feels like surrender. I want to win, win, I tell you!

squirbel's avatar

lol :)

Ask grammargirl. :D

I can only hope to be as good as her lol

gailcalled's avatar

@squirbel….“as good as she. (the is after she being implied.*

Grammar gramma

squirbel's avatar

/bow

Thank you for turning it into a learning moment! :)

gailcalled's avatar

@squirbel: I am sitting here getting more and more exasperated at many of the noobs’ questions and
didn’t mean to sound so superior. Sorry

squirbel's avatar

oh no! You misunderstand me! I am thankful – really!

Sarcasm is not something I use.

gailcalled's avatar

Whew. (When was the last time you slept, BTW?) I am turning off the computer NOW.

Zen_Again's avatar

No. The first is a part of the name; the second is punctuation. Zen! says I’m outta here!

gailcalled's avatar

Jeopardy!!

The article avoids using Jeopardy! at the end of any sentence.

Zen! says,“I’m outta here!”

Zen_Again's avatar

Joepardy! and Zen! (e.g, not really how I write it – just as a ferinstance) are proper names, which happen to include an exclamation mark (or point). Thus, if one were to use them in a sentence that one would want to end with an exclamation point, there is no connection between the two and both are required.

Zen! said, angrily; “Gonna go to another question now!”

;-) JK

ItsAHabit's avatar

I would place a period after the exclamation mark. However, if you are writing an article or book, I would follow the relevant style manual.

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