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For example, the 1998 edition of Fowler's Modern English Usage used full point for the mark used after an abbreviation, but full stop or full point when it was employed at the end of a sentence; [9] the 2015 edition, however, treats them as synonymous (and prefers full stop), [10] and New Hart's Rules does likewise (but prefers full point). [11]
When text is omitted following a sentence, a period (full stop) terminates the sentence, and a subsequent ellipsis indicates one or more omitted sentences before continuing a longer quotation. Business Insider magazine suggests this style [8] and it is also used in many academic journals. The Associated Press Stylebook favors this approach. [9]
The abbreviation viz. (or viz without a full stop) is short for the Latin videlicet, which itself is a contraction of the Latin phrase videre licet, meaning "it is permitted to see". [1] [2] [3] It is used as a synonym for "namely", "that is to say", "to wit
A period (a.k.a. full stop) is sometimes used to signify abbreviation, but opinion is divided as to when and if this convention is best practice. According to Hart's Rules, a word shortened by dropping letters from the end terminates with a period, whereas a word shorted by dropping letters from the middle does not.
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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Any terminal punctuation at the end of a sentence . Especially the full stop (period); A symbol, such as a bullet, tombstone, or miniature logo, used primarily in magazine writing, that indicates the end of an article (especially one that has been interrupted by advertising or by being split up across different sections of the publication for layout purposes).
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