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A full stop (British English) or period (American English) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of sentences. HistoryThe full stop symbol derives from Aristophanes of Byzantium who invented the system of punctuation where the height of placement of a dot on the line determined its meaning. The high dot () was called a "periodos" and indicated a finished thought or sentence, the middle dot (ยท) was called a "kolon" and indicated part of a complete thought while the low dot (.) was called a "komma" and indicated a part of a part of a complete thought. UsageAbbreviationsA full stop is used after some abbreviations. If the abbreviation ends a declaratory sentence there is no additional full stop immediately following the full stop that ends the abbreviation (e.g., My name is Gabriel Gama, Jr.) This is called haplography. Logically there should be two full stops (one for the abbreviation, one for the sentence ending), but only one is conventionally written. In the case of an interrogative or exclamatory sentence ending with an abbreviation, a question or exclamation mark is still added. (e.g., Are you Gabriel Gama, Jr.?). From Wikipedia under the
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Q. I remember them well. Does anyone else have any interesting memories from the past? Ah! Not so Sweet Pea brain. It is very annoying when you can't understand what a person has written. Punctuation adds expression and understanding to a piece of writing. Without it a sentence doesn't make sense - a bit like you really - sucker! Asked by Peace...................... Off. - Sun Sep 24 14:25:48 2006 - - 19 Answers - 0 Comments A. I'm with you on this one - all that new stuff is fine (to an extent) when time is a constraint, but it looks absolutely hideous and you lose the flow of structure (so it sounds pretty grim too). I've been trying to cut down on my commas - I tend to over use them (they are so lovely). Answered by Silkie1 - Mon Sep 25 11:24:33 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Full stop" |
