"excamation marks"

Question

Hola or should I put ¡Hola!

I've looked at the info about exclamation marks but I don't see when you use them at the start of a letter. If I want to write to a friend, why do I need to put marks around Hello? Some people say you should always use them and others say not, that this is a new thing! Can you clarify this for me Many Thanks Maglet

Your title should be "Exclamation" :) - 00ffada9, Jan 21, 2015

Answer 1

Examples for starting a letter: Hi María, Hello María, Dear María, o simply María. Exclamation marks are not used.

Answer 2

The same as you would do in english applies. Are you wanting to write:

HEY! HOW ARE YOU??

Or just...

Hey, how are you?

Answer 3

I just wanted to start with" Hello Maria" but in my text book even when you say "good morning" they put exclamation marks round it. On one page every greeting expression has exclamation marks and on the next page, there are none so I don't know what I should do!