We only have two official punctuation marks that express nuance, the exclamation point for emphasis and the question mark for questions.  This makes writing flat and inexpressive and has spawned the use of emoticons;-)  Writing limits our ability to express…

When I lived in China, my sarcasm often fell flat.  The Chinese simply don’t use it the same way as Americans do.  They understand irony and satire, but a short, sarcastic comment was often taken literally.  If we were discussing…