I wonder, why ! symbol is called exclamation mark, but = symbol is called equal sign? Is it only tradition or there is something behind?
Learn English – Why “exclamation mark” but not “exclamation sign”
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Best Answer
I suppose it's in the origins.
? and ! are from the family of language punctuation marks
= is from the family of mathematical symbols or signs.