Participation was determined by the gender of the name of the poster of individual messages, and messages posted by each gender were counted. Simple, unassuming, and friendly. And now, because this has gotten a little awkward, I think we should meet at the theater so I have an escape plan.". Also, she may ask an absolutely unexpected question such as What would you do if you had a million dollars? It can be a signal that she is looking for a reason to talk to you because she thinks about you. Quora - A place to share knowledge and better understand the world Leaving one out keeps things open. ", If you use the plus sign in lieu of the word "and" or an ampersand, it's your subconscious telling you that you really like the person. When she feels guilty that she isn't interested, she'll over compensate with 3+ exclamation points. In the area of computer-mediated communication, Colley and Todds (2002) study of the gendered style and content of email examines many of the same stylistic markers for which Rubin and Greene (1992) had previously noted gender differences. Especially if she remembers the specific details that you once mentioned. Self-disclosure, preferences using I or my.. If the sentence is correct as it is, write "OK." This study reports the results of a content analysis of 200 exclamationswords, phrases or sentences that end in exclamation pointsin messages posted to two electronic discussion groups: dig_ref and JESSE. I once had a supervisor who even declared war on exclamation points, commanding us to root out the punctuation wherever it reared its noisy head in headlines (We don't have to shout, he argued). The results of the present study bring to mind Coates (1998) study of gossip, in which she points out that womens uses of tag questions and other devices had been interpreted as signs of weakness (1998, p. 250). Thanks expressed by sender in the body of the message. The notion that exclamation points function as markers of excitability can be traced in modern times to The Way Women Write, Mary Hiatts (1977) study of women and mens writing styles.
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