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The full stop (Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point. is a punctuation mark used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclamation).
Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. [1] English punctuation has two complementary aspects: phonological punctuation, linked to how the sentence can be read aloud, particularly to pausing; [2] and grammatical punctuation, linked to the structure of the sentence. [3]
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The Conservatory during the festival (No final period or full stop for lone sentence fragment), not The Conservatory during the festival. The stage was spotlit for the festival. (Period or full stop ends complete sentence) The Conservatory during the festival. The stage was spotlit for the occasion. (Period or full stop on each when they appear ...
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At a period, make a full stop; In 1762, in Robert Lowth 's A Short Introduction to English Grammar , a parallel is drawn between punctuation marks and rest in music : [ 17 ] The Period is a pause in quantity or duration double of the Colon ; the Colon is double of the Semicolon; and the Semicolon is double of the Comma .
And the Full Stop disambiguation page says that "A full stop is a form of punctuation to end a sentence." That doesn't say "a full stop is any punctuation that ends a sentence"; a period dot is, indeed, a form of punctuation to end a sentence, just as a question mark is a form of punctuation to end a sentence, as is an exclamation point.
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