'The difference between someone saying, 'Funny!' and 'Funny.' is dramatic in terms of how it's interpreted,' one expert says.
are notoriously easy to misinterpret. Oftentimes, it's not the words in the message that cause the receiver to misconstrue the meaning, it's the punctuation.
Periods, specifically, can alter the tone of a text, says Daniel Post Senning, co-author of "Emily Post's Etiquette: The Centennial Edition." "The difference between someone saying, 'Funny!' and 'Funny.' is dramatic in terms of how it's interpreted," Senning says.'People use exclamation points and emoji more freely in text'
Periods can add a tone of hostility to short messages. You don't need to be ending "one or two-word replies" with a period, Senning says.Another tool you might want to use sparingly is humor, as tone, something that cannot be conveyed via text, is crucial in it being interpreted correctly.
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