Over two-thirds of Donald Trump's tweets use exclamation points!

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Running for president is a blast!!! At least it is for Donald Trump, if his punctuation is any indication. After crunching the numbers, FiveThirtyEight discovered that a whole 70 percent of Trump's tweets between Nov. 5 and June 2 used an exclamation point. At risk of losing a sense of urgency or enthusiasm to the lowly period, one in every 10 of Trump's tweets deployed two or more exclamation points:

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Jeva Lange
Jeva Lange

Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.