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Overuse of the Exclamation Point in Coindom!

CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,642 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Did you ever notice when you were reading comic books that almost every caption balloon ends with an exclamation point?

I was looking at a dealer website tonight, and it occurred to me that maybe this dealer spent too much time reading comic books.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I! noticed! you! didn't! have! a! single! exclamation! point! in! your! thread!

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,730 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great observation!!!!!!!!!!

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭
    Excess and hyperbole are the oldest sales tool in the world!!!

    INTERNET EXAMPLES DON'T DRAW MY IRE UNTIL THEY GO ALL CAPS!!!!!!
  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭
    Was everything RARE too!!?


    Eric image
  • bidaskbidask Posts: 14,017 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Did you ever notice when you were reading comic books that almost every caption balloon ends with an exclamation point?

    I was looking at a dealer website tonight, and it occurred to me that maybe this dealer spent too much time reading comic books. >>



    That makes me think of some dealer ads where every coin listed is PQ.
    I manage money. I earn money. I save money .
    I give away money. I collect money.
    I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.




  • blacksmokeblacksmoke Posts: 603
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! image Glad to help.
    Better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

    jeff
  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isn't that one of lordmarcovan's favorite detecting spots?

    image

    "If I say something in the woods and my wife isn't there to hear it.....am I still wrong?"

    My Washington Quarter Registry set...in progress

  • gyocomgdgyocomgd Posts: 2,582 ✭✭✭
    The real exclamation point to me is the age of the people in those photos. This hobby/industry is going to contract in the years ahead.
    image
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    What?!! Are you kidding me?!!! I guess I liken it to all caps!! Whenever I see an exclamation point, I think of Exclamation man!

    Yes, it is very stupid!

    Seriously, I actually agree with you. When you sell coins that MUST sell then you have to have a way to convince the buyers.

    -Dan
    Numismasource ebay store
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What bug's me more is the use of inappropriate apostrophe's.

    Then the same people will omit the apostrophe where its necessary.

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  • SmEagle1795SmEagle1795 Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What bug's me more is the use of inappropriate apostrophe's.

    Then the same people will omit the apostrophe where its necessary. >>



    I cringed as I started reading that sentence - well played image
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  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    Guilty!
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • poorguypoorguy Posts: 4,317 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What bug's me more is the use of inappropriate apostrophe's.

    Then the same people will omit the apostrophe where its necessary. >>



    I cringed as I started reading that sentence - well played image >>



    Nice to know someone out there knows their grammar. When referring to using the apostrophe, for its proper use, refrain when it's used possessively. The apostrophe is only needed when "it is", or "it has" could otherwise be used.

    Wife is an English teacher. Don't get me started on your and you're.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,730 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The real exclamation point to me is the age of the people in those photos. This hobby/industry is going to contract in the years ahead. >>



    I started collecting coins in the early 1960's. The average age of coin collectors back then is about the same as it is now.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The real exclamation point to me is the age of the people in those photos. This hobby/industry is going to contract in the years ahead. >>



    I started collecting coins in the early 1960's. The average age of coin collectors back then is about the same as it is now. >>




    That's a great point, PerryHall, and a reality check against the fear that "the hobby is aging." Also, in the 1960s, how many
    professional coin dealers were there in their 20s and 30s, like we see today?



  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,730 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>The real exclamation point to me is the age of the people in those photos. This hobby/industry is going to contract in the years ahead. >>



    I started collecting coins in the early 1960's. The average age of coin collectors back then is about the same as it is now. >>




    That's a great point, PerryHall, and a reality check against the fear that "the hobby is aging." Also, in the 1960s, how many
    professional coin dealers were there in their 20s and 30s, like we see today? >>


    The dealer demographics was about the same as it is now. Let's face it---most collectors are old white guys.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's absolutely true, but it's why I bring little coin giveaways for the kiddos at every show I do. Something to get them started. I tell the kids about it and not to spend it.

    BTW, I think the use of exclamation points is like laughing at your own jokes. It diminishes the impact of what you are communicating.

    Best Regards,

    George
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Exclamation points are usually found in hyped ads and juvenile communications. They do have their place, and I have used them - but rarely, and only (I believe) properly. If I did not, my wife would correct me (college prof - grammar nut). image Cheers, RickO
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,914 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm guilty of this -

    I like to use ' ' around certain words
    when I'm describing an error coin;

    To me, it adds a bit of emphasis to
    the word, and helps the reader know
    that it might not be an exact literal
    meaning, but 'like' that word.....

    (does that make any sense? 'sorry' )
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  • OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I ran out of them and have to go to Staples and get another box of them,
    In the meantime I have to use this 11111111image

    Steve
    Promote the Hobby
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,394 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you're thinking in terms of, for example, a Lincoln Cent being worth thousands of dollars, you'd better be thinking with exclamation points. In other words, without the exclamation points, our coins are just pocket change.
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I first saw this thread, "Overuse of the Exclamation Point in Coindom!", I misread coindom and was on a completely different path.
    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭
    I don't use a lot of exclamation points in my descriptions, but sometimes I shout while I am typing them.
    John Agre

    Coin Rarities Online
  • LongacreLongacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭
    Longacre was proof reading a press release today and proposed a correction about needing a closed quotes on a quotation that ran over into the subsequent paragraph. I was told the "Associated Press" rules state that no second quotes were needed if the quotation continues in the next paragraph, so long as the next paragraph starts with an open quotation mark. I was truly shocked, but I think Dentuck probably knows this rule. I never heard of the Associated Press rules, and simply whipped out my St. Martin's Handbook. I also need to look it up because it looks odd in the text.
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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just need to know when can i use these? {}[]^~ image


    Hoard the keys.
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,730 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>When I first saw this thread, "Overuse of the Exclamation Point in Coindom!", I misread coindom and was on a completely different path.
    Lance. >>



    You weren't the only one. image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,236 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>When I first saw this thread, "Overuse of the Exclamation Point in Coindom!", I misread coindom and was on a completely different path.
    Lance. >>



    You weren't the only one. image >>


    Guilty. I was going to say something about the overuse of inverted exclamation points in the middle of words.
    John
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,683 ✭✭✭✭✭
    (While we're confessing punctuational sins, I should add that I'm terrible about overusing parentheses and forgetting to close them.

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  • magikbillymagikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>When I first saw this thread, "Overuse of the Exclamation Point in Coindom!", I misread coindom and was on a completely different path.
    Lance. >>



    You weren't the only one. image >>



    Me too image

    Eric

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