period
punctuation
Also known as: full point, full stop
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use in punctuation
- In punctuation: Punctuation in English since 1600
…full point, full stop, or period. The period may also be used to mark abbreviations. The colon (:), which was once used like a full point and was followed by an uppercase letter, now serves mainly to indicate the beginning of a list, summary, or quotation. The semicolon (;) ranks…
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