Text messages 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!'
is dramatic in terms of how it's interpreted," Senning says.
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