Full Stop

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). A full stop is frequently used at the end of word abbreviations—in British usage, primarily truncations such as Rev., but not after contractions which retain the final letter such as Revd; in American English, it is used in both cases. It may be placed after an initial letter used to abbreviate a word. It is often placed after each individual letter in initialisms, (e.g., U.S.), but not usually in those that are acronyms (NATO). However, the use of full stops after letters in initialisms is declining, and many of these without punctuation have become accepted norms (e.g., UK and NATO). When used in a series (typically of three, an ellipsis) the mark is also used to indicate omitted words. In the English-speaking world, a punctuation mark identical to the full stop is used as the decimal separator and for other purposes, and may be called a point. In computing, it is called a dot. It is sometimes called a baseline dot to distinguish it from the interpunct (or middle dot).

A full stop is a form of punctuation to end a sentence. Full Stop may also refer to: == Other uses== Full stop law, an Argentine law passed in 1986 to stop prosecution of people accused of political violence Full Stop, a campaign by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Full stop, an increment of factor of two of a camera lens aperture area Full stop, a complete halt by a motor vehicle, as opposed to a rolling stop ==See also== Period (disambiguation) Point (disambiguation) Dot (disambiguation) . (disambiguation)

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