Capital letters can cause a completely different feeling than lowercase letters. For instance, when you're chatting with someone or texting someone, the only time you should use capital letters, aside from proper naming, is when you're intent is to emphasize what you're saying; even more than just emphasizing, capital letters indicate yelling. I know firsthand that using all caps during a chat or a text can mean the very difference in the way the receiving person interprets what you're saying. For example, one time I was chatting with my husband on Facebook, and unknowingly, my caps lock was in the "on" position before I began typing. Well, when I said to him "WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO TODAY?", his response to me was, "why are you so angry? i haven't done anything wrong". Well, what was supposed to be a simple greeting, turned in to him thinking that I was accusing him of doing something he shouldn't have been doing. So, now, if I say to you, "Have I made myself clear?", you might think "yep, pretty much", but if I say to you instead, "HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?", the question mark at the end of the question almost disappears and, like magic, it turns itself into an exclamation point. Doesn't it? DOESN'T IT?
The punctuation mark that I regard as most important is the period, because like Solomon, I appreciate that it lets me know when I should stop and also when to start again.
I personally can't think of any other punctuation marks that should be made. I mean, I seem to survive just fine with the one's we already have. :-)
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