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It’s happened to everyone, be it when you fill out a survey for a thesis writer, send in a missing form, or remind someone about tomorrow’s meeting. The responses come uniformly back: “Thanks!!!” You have to wonder: is the responder really as excited about answering as they sound? In any case, ending ordinary e-mail or text message correspondences in this manner has become increasingly normal. However, it illustrates a dangerous trend in punctuation: the overuse of the exclamation point. Although the more frequent use of this point...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Missing the Point | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...drink selections were all just like those found in any undergraduate dining hall.  The salad bar has a few more premade salad options, but is largely also similar to what undergraduates expect in Annenberg or their House. However, unlike for undergraduates, Cronkhite offers containers for diners to fill...

Author: By Punit N. Shah, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BoardPlus Burn: Cronkhite Dining Room | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...20—Fill out questionnaire. Attempt to define relationships with parents in two lines. Regret the fact that we were never raised in abusive households. We are very boring...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer and Peter W. Tilton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Try Out! The Real World | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...don’t know if it was painful or just generational to only talk about. Just being interested in my family made [these legends] irresistible to me. Just describing the facts as I knew them took up about half a page, so I had to fill in and imagine. It just unfolded from there. But I had no interest whatsoever in writing an autobiographical novel. I’m not that interested in myself...

Author: By Liza E. Pincus, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Writing Wisdom | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Faced with the possibility of permanent transitions that will fill much of the currently available space, science departments and centers on the Cambridge campus may be forced to reevaulate plans for future expansion...

Author: By Sofia E. Groopman and Noah S. Rayman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: MCB's Moveout Paints Uncertain Future for SCRB and Allston Science Complex | 4/22/2010 | See Source »

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