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The exclamation point is definitely falling out of fashion. It, like capitalizing "ok", is now a marker that the writer is older. Except in formal contexts, whe
by causi 3y ago
The exclamation point is definitely falling out of fashion. It, like capitalizing "ok", is now a marker that the writer is older. Except in formal contexts, when a young person wants to exclaim they don't use an exclamation point, they use capitals.
"OK, look, I almost died!" <- Boomer
"Ok, look, I ALMOST DIED <- Zoomer
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- otteromkram 3y agoHave to disagree with the usage of OK. It's pretty standard usage in American English [1]. I wouldn't say that the user of OK is older;rather, they tend to be, "not dumb." [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
- causi 3y agoWhat is "correct" changes over time with how the language is used. Examples of recent changes include dropping the hyphen from double-e words like re-enter and pre-empt and pre-eminent, and growing acceptance of beginning sentences with conjunctions like "and".
- Lammy 3y agofwiw {U+1F197 SQUARED OK} is capitalized “OK” in every emoji font I’ve ever seen
- preciousoo 3y agoFound the older person!