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A full stop or period (.) (sometimes stop, full point, or dot) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of sentences in English and many other languages. A full stop consists of a small dot placed at the end of a line of text. TerminologyIn British English, it is known as a full stop. 'Period' is the preferred term in North America. The term full stop is rarely used by speakers in Canada, and virtually never in the United States. If it is used in Canada, it may be generally differentiated from period in contexts where both might be used: a full stop is specifically a delimiting piece of punctuation that represents the end of a sentence. When a distinction is made, a period is then any appropriately sized and placed dot in English language text, including use in abbreviations (such as U.S.) and at the ends of sentences, but excluding certain special uses of dots at the bottom of a line of text, such as ellipses. The term STOP was used in telegrams in place of the period. The end of a sentence would be marked by STOP, as punctuation cost extra. The end of the entire telegram would be noted by FULL STOP. In American English, "period" is the prevailing term for the punctuation mark that terminates a sentence; the phrase "full stop" is used only in the context of transport to describe the process of completely halting the motion of a vehicle. AbbreviationsA full stop is used after some abbreviations. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. This is a question of punctuation. I work for a magazine and am at loggerheads with my Chief Sub over this. I say it's like this... Jane said: 'You must end the quote with a full-stop.' My sub says: 'Contain it all before the full-stop'. What do YOU think? Asked by jesscat - Mon Oct 9 11:27:50 2006 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. If you are using a quote, then that means you are quoting someone, hence you use the exact quote that person said, so all text should be within the quotation marks. So, to use your example: Jane said: 'You must end the quote with a full-stop.' is correct. It does not matter whether the text follows a colon, a semi-colon, a comma, or whatever - a quote is the exact copy of the text, and should remain in the quotations. In written speech, including quotes, all wording and punctuation is contained within the speech marks. It seems your Sub doesn't understand. Tell him... no... in fact... quote me... Quote me: 'Chief Sub, you are stupid!' Answered by anon - Mon Oct 9 22:57:46 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Full stop" |
