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Ending Punctuation

Cut out all those exclamation points.

Cut out all those exclamation points.

The famous author F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a fan of exclamation points; in his words: "Cut out all those exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own jokes."

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