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Why do women use more exclamation marks than men?

Why one little piece of punctuation shapes how we see people, what women can do to be seen as more professional in the workplace and why Hemingway would have had a tough time on social media.

Exclamation marks. Love them or hate them, to exclaim or not to exclaim: that is the question. Because although it’s a teeny tiny thing it punches above its weight. It’s powerful.

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