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 …

In North America and the UK, "period" and "full stop" are used as interjections "to indicate that a decision is irrevocable or that a point is no longer discussable" (sense 23, here). For example, ...

Mar 3, 2024 · Some style guides say not to end with a full stop because it's good to be consistent, but there's no profound reason other than it's more usual to not have them, and some titles do …

4 According to Wikipedia, "A full stop ( . ) (British, New Zealand and Australian English) or period (American English and Canadian English) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the …

Feb 8, 2011 · A Full Stop after them conveys no added meaning. Logically, I suppose, Mr should be writtern M.r and Dr D.r, but that would be too confusing and, in any case, the meaning is …

Aug 23, 2012 · What is the origin of the '.' (Full stop/period) in written English? Is it known when this sign appeared the first time in written English?

9 My understanding is that if the footnote refers only to the word text then it should be placed immediately after the word, as in the first case above. If the footnote refers to the entire …

Feb 6, 2013 · The two expressions are colloquial, and therefore likely to occur in writing only in informal contexts, or as a record of what someone has said. A comma before the repeated I …

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 …

Oct 21, 2012 · The punctuation should reside with the text it refers to (in other words, full stops only if you have parenthetical sentences). In general, you should think carefully about whether …