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Thread ID: 125316	2012-06-20 05:35:00	NZ Grammar - Use of the 'Full Stop'	Strommer (42)	PC World Chat

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1282938	2012-06-20 05:35:00	Occasionally I see some odd uses of the 'full stop' aka 'period'. Example, description of a film: CAFE DE FLORE. M. Drama. 121 min. See more here... www.circus.net.nz In the example I gave above, AFAIK the only correct usage of a full stop is the abbreviation for "minute". Similarly, at times I see (old) signs such as: Men. Women. (for toilets) I was taught that a full stop is used only for abbreviations and at the end of a sentence. Also in mathematics but this thread is about English usage. Of course 'anything goes' with informal internet usage. On Reddit (http://www.reddit.com) for example, some comments include full stops in order to emphasize what is being said, such as: It. Will. Never. Happen. In. Canada. Back to the issue of this thread. Has anyone been taught that (in formal English usage including newspapers and magazines) titles or subheadings should have full stops? It seems to be peculiar to NZ.	Strommer (42)
1282939	2012-06-20 05:49:00	this: SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN. M. Drama. I've seen it lots in American stuff.	pctek (84)
1282940	2012-06-20 06:09:00	It seems to be peculiar to NZ. N.Z. pctech, don't ask me, lol. Worst pupil in school for comprehension. Maths. was a different, even given the privilege of tutoring our bros. in High School. Lurking.	Lurking (218)
1282941	2012-06-20 06:20:00	.................................................. .................................................. ................................................ :D	SP8's (9836)
1282942	2012-06-20 06:45:00	Hell, if a full stop causes you problems, what about the apostrophe? :D There used to be a site called “The Apostrophe Protection Society” run by a former Editor of a British Newspaper and it was brilliant . Unfortunately, it seems to have vanished, but the guy that ran it was an expert and I used to refer to it often because I only got 32% for English in School Certificate . :horrified The geriatrics on here will understand . ;)	B.M. (505)
1282943	2012-06-20 07:13:00	Did beetle come to mind for anyone else? :D	pcuser42 (130)
1282944	2012-06-20 08:39:00	Did beetle come to mind for anyone else? :D I'm not sure Beetle would appreciate being termed "geriatric" :D	WalOne (4202)
1282945	2012-06-20 08:52:00	Hell, if a full stop causes you problems, what about the apostrophe? :D There used to be a site called “The Apostrophe Protection Society” run by a former Editor of a British Newspaper and it was brilliant. Unfortunately, it seems to have vanished, but the guy that ran it was an expert and I used to refer to it often because I only got 32% for English in School Certificate. :horrified The geriatrics on here will understand. ;) Inaccurate on two counts. It was called " The Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe" and Keith Waterhouse, who founded it, was a newspaper columnist for The Daily Mail not an editor. en.wikipedia.org	martynz (5445)
1282946	2012-06-20 09:24:00	Inaccurate on two counts. It was called " The Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe" and Keith Waterhouse, who founded it, was a newspaper columnist for The Daily Mail not an editor. en.wikipedia.org On the money on both counts! :lol: They are back on line. HERE (http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/) :lol:	B.M. (505)
1282947	2012-06-20 10:21:00	I've mostly given up worrying about it because there are so many different rules and conventions that I can never be sure I know the right way. Myself I use too many comma's and not enough full stops. I particularly dislike the overuse of [square] brackets in [some] publications. I always thought brackets were used for comments and clarification purposes to make a sentence more understandable. It seems these days they are used to break up the flow of a sentence and point out the painfully obvious and generally add nothing.	dugimodo (138)
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