mark in his writing. This spread its use to England, where the name punctus admirativus/exclamativus was translated to "point of admiration/exclamation". Later, people began to name it the "point/note/sign of admiration/exclamation". The difference between "admiration" and "exclamation" ended in the 19th century, when people found it unneeded. In the 17th century the name "exclamation mark" became popular.

History

Linguists say that the exclamation mark comes from a Latin exclamation of

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