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2 The Full Stop (.)

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2 The Full Stop (.)

Theory:

Punctuation 2 - The Full Stop, or Period (in America)

There are 10 situations when a Full Stop is used in English.

1) The most common use is to mark the END OF A SENTENCE which is not a question or an exclamation. When used like that, it must be followed by a capital letter.
- London is the capital of England. It is not the capital of France.

2) A full stop is used with abbreviations.
- Dr. is short for Doctor.

3) A full stop is used after the initials in a name.
- George W. Bush.

4) Full stops are used with acronyms, where letters are used to represent longer names.
- The U.N. is short for The United Nations.

5) A full stop is sometimes used with dates.
- 9.12.2015.

6) A full stop can be used to separate the hours from the minutes when time is given.
- 9.12 a.m.

7) With numbers, a full stop is used as a decimal separator.
- 3.267 inches. In such cases it is called a POINT, and the number is described as 3 point 267 inches.

8) With money, a full stop is used to separate pounds from pence.
- £3.67, which is described orally as 3 pounds 67 pence.

9) In computing, as in e-mail addresses, a full stop is used as a separator, and is called a DOT.
- a.b@c.com would be expressed orally as A dot B at C dot com.

10) Three full stops in a row, called suspension points, are used to indicate missing text.
- "...because it was his birthday," he said.

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- My name is Dr. A. J. Lewis I am French

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • Dr.
  • am
  • Lewis
  • A.
  • .
  • J.
  • French
  • I

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- My name is (1)

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- My name is Dr A. J. Lewis. I am French.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • Dr
  • am
  • Lewis
  • A.
  • .
  • J.
  • French
  • I

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- My name is (2)

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- My name is Dr. A J Lewis I am French

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • Dr.
  • am
  • Lewis
  • A
  • .
  • J
  • French
  • I

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- My name is (3)

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- My name is Dr A Lewis I am French and I work for the U N

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • Dr.
  • am
  • Lewis
  • A.
  • .
  • French
  • I
  • am
  • U
  • for
  • work
  • and
  • the
  • N

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- My name is (4)

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I was born at 7 25 p.m. and my D.O.B. is 27.12.1957.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • p
  • at
  • 2
  • m
  • .
  • 7
  • and
  • 5

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I was born (5) my D.O.B. is 27.12.1957.

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I was born at 7 25 pm and my DOB is 27.12.1957.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • p
  • at
  • 2
  • m
  • .
  • 7
  • and
  • 5
  • D
  • is
  • my
  • B
  • O

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I was born (6) 27.12.1957.

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I was born at 7 25 pm and my DOB is 27.12.1957.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • 1957
  • .
  • 27
  • and
  • 12
  • D
  • is
  • my
  • B
  • O

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I was born at 7.25 p.m. (7)

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I bought 1.5 kilos of chocolate for £ 2.80 at choc4U@choc4u.com yesterday.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • 5
  • .
  • of
  • 1
  • kilos

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I bought (8) chocolate for £ 2.80 at choc4U@choc4u.com yesterday.

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I bought 1.5 kilos of chocolate for £ 2.80 at choc4U@choc4u.com yesterday.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • 5
  • .
  • of
  • 1
  • £
  • kilos
  • 2
  • for
  • 80
  • chocolate

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I bought (9) at choc4U@choc4u.com yesterday.

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INCORRECT SENTENCE:
- I bought 1.5 kilos of chocolate for £ 2.80 at choc4U@choc4u.com yesterday.

CHOICE OF WORDS:

  • 5
  • .
  • at
  • com
  • £
  • kilos
  • 2
  • for
  • 80
  • choc4U@choc4u

CORRECTED SENTENCE:
- I bought 1.5 kilos of chocolate (10) yesterday.

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