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What is the purpose of a writer using the emoticon ":)"?

Question 2 options:

to use better punctuation


to show happiness


to avoid typing out a lot of words

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to show happiness because it’s a smiley face
User Saeed Fekri
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To show happiness.
:) is literally a smile face. A happy, smiling face. It does not have anything to do with punctuation, and it’s not to avoid typing a lot of words since you can’t really get anything out of “:)” except a smile face.
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