Types of Punctuation – exclamation point and Question Mark – beginner

Exclamation Point
An exclamation point or exclamation mark ( ! ) is commonly used to
express strong, intense emotions in declarations or to add emphasis to
interjections and commands.
For example:
“I can’t wait to travel to Paris next week!”
“I can’t believe I got into law school!”
“Yuck! I hate coconuts!”
“That was an impressive victory! Congratulations!”
“Please don’t stay out too late tonight!”
“Get out of here, now!”
“Go to your room this instant!”

Question Marks
Question marks ( ? ) are used, quite simply, to ask questions.
While it is usually a matter of intent and preference whether to use a period or an exclamation point in declarative, conditional, or imperative sentences, we must use question marks in interrogative sentences (sentences that ask questions); to use any other terminal point would turn a question into a statement.
Here are some examples:
“How are you feeling?”
“You can’t be serious, can you?”
“It really ended just like that?”
“How? When?”

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