Full Stop Punctuation Mark

A Full Stop Punctuation Mark is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence (creating sentence boundarys).

• AKA: Period, Dot, Full Point, Baseline Dot.
• Context:
  • It can typically appear at the end of a Declarative Sentence with full stop punctuation placements that directly follow the preceding character without a space.
  • It can typically convey a Definitive Pause in spoken language representing a full stop punctuation break.
  • It can often be used at the end of Word Abbreviations with full stop punctuation conventions that vary between language dialects.
  • It can often be used after each individual letter in Acronyms and Initialisms with full stop punctuation patterns that are gradually declining in modern usage.
  • It can often indicate Omitted Characters or form an Ellipsis when used in a series to indicate full stop punctuation representation of omitted words.
  • It can often be used as the Decimal Separator in English-speaking cultures with full stop punctuation functions extending beyond sentence termination.
  • It can range from being a Simple Full Stop Punctuation Mark to being a Complex Full Stop Punctuation Mark, depending on its contextual usage.
  • It can range from being a Traditional Full Stop Punctuation Mark to being a Modern Full Stop Punctuation Mark, depending on its typographical implementation.
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• Examples:
  • Full Stop Punctuation Mark Types, such as:
    • Sentence-Ending Full Stop Punctuation Marks, such as:
      • Period Text Character for declarative sentence termination.
      • Terminal Full Stop Punctuation Mark for formal writing conclusion.
    • Abbreviation Full Stop Punctuation Marks, such as:
      • Truncation Full Stop Punctuation Mark for word abbreviation indication.
      • Acronym Full Stop Punctuation Mark for letter separation.
    • Mathematical Full Stop Punctuation Marks, such as:
      • Decimal Point Full Stop Punctuation Mark for numerical value separation.
      • Radix Point Full Stop Punctuation Mark for numerical base indication.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Question Mark, which indicates an interrogative sentence rather than a declarative sentence.
  • Exclamation Point, which expresses strong emotion rather than neutral statement termination.
  • Ellipsis, which indicates omitted text using multiple full stops rather than a single one.
• See: Interpunct, Comma Punctuation, Semicolon Punctuation, Colon Punctuation, Sentence Segmentation Task.

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References

2023

• (ChatGPT OpenAI, 2023) ⇒ https://chat.openai.com/
  • A: A full-stop punctuation mark, also known as a period, is a punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence. It is represented by a dot (.) and is placed at the end of a declarative sentence, indicating that the sentence has come to its conclusion.

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/full_stop Retrieved:2023-2-3.
  • The full stop' (Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point ', is a punctuation mark. It is used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclamation). This sentence-ending use, alone, defines the strictest sense of full stop. Although full stop technically applies only when the mark is used to end a sentence, the distinction – drawn since at least 1897 – is not maintained by all modern style guides and dictionaries.

    The mark is also used, singly, to indicate omitted characters or, in a series, as an ellipsis (), to indicate omitted words. It may be placed after an initial letter used to stand for a name or after each individual letter in an initialism or acronym (e.g., "U.S.A."). However, the use of full stops after letters in an initialism or acronym is declining, and many of these without punctuation have become accepted norms (e.g., "UK" and "NATO"). This trend has progressed somewhat more slowly in the United States than in other English language dialects.

    A full stop is frequently used at the end of word abbreviations – in British usage, primarily truncations like Rev., but not after contractions like Revd (in American English it is used in both cases).

    In the English-speaking world, a punctuation mark identical to the full stop is used as the decimal separator and for other purposes, and may be called a point. In computing, it is called a dot. It is sometimes called a baseline dot to distinguish it from the interpunct (or middle dot).

2011

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop
  • A full stop (British English and Australian English) is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of sentences. In American English, the term used for this punctuation is period. In the 21st century, it is often also called a dot by young people. In conversation, as opposed to linguistics, the term is often used to mean "the end of the matter" (For example, "we are calling a full stop to discussions on this subject".)

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