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Exclamations

Exclamations are stand-alone words or sentences that are often followed by exclamation points. Reserve exclamations for highly expressive moments—to convey humor, disgust, or exuberance.

Several years ago a scientific journal published instructions for building a nuclear bomb. Where? On paper!

This is from a satirical essay about paper, not the Internet, as a dangerous medium. The exclamation "On paper!" shouts at the reader, magnifying the irony of paper's danger. Imagine it without the exclamation point.

It will take shape, as all civilizations take shape, by the living of it, by work and effort, by trial and error, by enterprise and adventure and experience. And by imagination!

A cane with a shrunken human head for a handle!

Oops. There were already two Whistling Pig microbrews on the market.

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