4 verb If something rips into someone or something or rips through them, it enters that person or thing so quickly and forcefully that it often goes completely through them. (=tear). A volley of bullets ripped into the facing wall... V prep/adv.
The exclamation point (!) is a mark of punctuation used after a word, phrase, or sentence that expresses a strong emotion. Also called an exclamation mark or (in newspaper jargon) a shriek. The exclamation point was first used in English in the 16th century. However, the mark didn't become a standard feature on keyboards until the 1970s.
1 When the whole sentence except for the section enclosed in quotation marks is a question or exclamation, the question or exclamation mark goes outside the quotation mark. 2  When only the unit in quotation marks is a question or exclamation, the mark goes inside the closing quotation mark. The comma and period always go inside the closing quotation mark when there is no parenthetical reference. 2  The comma and period always go inside a quotation within another quotation when there is no parenthetical reference.