Exclamations in sentences — oh boy!

Often, it's no issue for expressive punctuation create a soft full-stop (period), like in dialogue:
"Oh, wow! A present."

But, especially when the exclamation comes as part of a clause sequence, it can get irritating.

Obviously, there are [Dark] & [Horror] tags too, but people seeking those will not necessarily expect them from the start, but rather to appear after they are drawn in — and, oh boy! does the creepy factor ramp up.

This is technically wrong, because I have used 'oh boy!' as a mere exclamation and ignore its punctuative effect. But...

Always remember, darlings!

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[Azure Drache]

But... you can't do that Rainbow!
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[Loganberry]

Trying to make English too prescriptive tends to end in tears anyway. Plus putting exclamation marks in mid-sentence isn't new. A quick Google threw up this, for example:

How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

That's from "The Tell-Tale Heart", a short story by some hack called Edgar Allen Poe.

[abrony-mouse]

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I read that recently and noticed that!

see Azure!

Screw the rules, I'm English! :P