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.
At the turn of the 21st century, the question mark is a sort of international super-star, being used by billions of people every day. And that is the history of that little mark at the end of sentences that happen to be questions. pretty-vulture liked this. mberry1226 reblogged this from conorreid.