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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
Over-use of ellipse ...
Over-use of mdash—
Over-use of exclamation !
I guess this might be considered "writing style"...
but personally, I feel these forms—of punctuation—should be used sparingly, or they lose their value as attention-getters!!!

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Oh, if only you had been around when Turgenev was writing! Or at least when Constance Garnett et al were translating...