Aug 25, 2016 · It used to be widespread to put a stop for most abbreviations with Mr and Mrs often without and other titles in full or with a stop. A stop meaning further letters omitted, unless using the last letter in your abbreviation. Punctuation has slowly been lost. Oxford and Cambridge along with the new army guide forbid using any stop except a full stop.

May 18, 2020 · If you're following US convention, put full stop after your contraction. If you're following UK convention, you have a choice whether to use a full stop or not. Here's a useful guideline for Brits: If the last letter of a contraction is the same as the last letter of the whole word, then don't use a full stop (period).

Aug 23, 2012 · The full stop was used a long time before the sixteenth century, but didn't have the same purpose - the Anglo-Saxon Corpus 140 manuscript of the Gospel According to Saint John dates from the 11th century and uses the punctus (modern full stop), but has a broad variety of functions rather than simply marking the end of a sentence and was mainly rhetorical.

1798 J. Ferriar Eng. Historians 237 The story thus comes unexpectedly to a full stop. 1815 Scott Guy Mannering III. viii. 149 He drew up his reins..and made a full stop. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 6 Oct. (1954) III. 456 There is a point of disgust..which one feels must make a full stop, and call for a Finis in friendship.

A period/full stop would work just as well as a semicolon, but a semicolon is normally used when the sentences are closely related. If they were connected with a conjunction you would use a comma. Therefore, no: a colon is not a double stop. Probably the closest thing to a double stop would be a paragraph mark.

Jun 16, 2017 · The space after the full stop is mandatory. There is, however, a divergence as to whether one or two spaces should be used in this context. There doesn't seem to be any consensus on this issue, and it is more a matter of formatting than (strictly) punctuation.

Dec 7, 2015 · As the main sentence ends, there will a full stop at the end. In this case, there will be three punctuation marks in a row: first, there will be a full stop marking end of quoted sentence; second, there will be a closing inverted comma marking close of the quotation; lastly, there will be a full stop marking end of the main sentence.

Aug 5, 2013 · 1a) No full stop is correct, yes? Now a longer example of caption text: Little Diane necklace. The photograph of the young Diane was taken after a polio vaccination and appeared in the local newspaper. She smiles bravely into the camera to reassure other children. 1b) Is a full stop necessary at the very end if there is more than one sentence?

Feb 8, 2011 · I was taught in school (British, Primary) that a Full Stop or Period was used at the end of Abbreviations i.e. it stood for the rest of the letters. So - Rev. for Rev*erend*, Capt. for Capt*ain*, Col., Prof. etc. But Mr, Dr, and the anomalous Mrs are contractions. A Full Stop after them conveys no added meaning.

Jun 21, 2017 · a full résumé. three letters of recommendation. all your diplomas, from high school to graduate school [Partial example 2:] Compose three sentences: To illustrate the use of commas in dates. To distinguish the use of semicolons from the use of periods. To illustrate the use of parentheses within dashes [Partial example 3:]