2006-12-04 13:48:09 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
why is it called PERIOD when it means STOP?is there any history?
2006-12-04 13:50:38 · update #1
A full stop or period (sometimes stop, full point or dot), is the punctuation mark commonly placed at the end of several different types of sentences in English and several other languages. A full stop consists of a small dot placed at the end of a line of text, such as at the end of this sentence.
The term full stop is rarely used by speakers in the United States and Canada. If it is used in Canada, it may be generally differentiated from period in contexts where both might be used: a full stop is specifically a delimiting piece of punctuation that represents the end of a sentence. When a distinction is made, a period is then any appropriately sized and placed dot in English language text, including use in abbreviations (such as U.K.) and at the ends of sentences, but excluding certain special uses of dots at the bottom of a line of text, such as ellipses.
The term STOP was used in telegrams in place of the period in telegrams in the United States. The end of a sentence would be marked by STOP, as using FULL STOP was costly {Julian Borger in The Guardian, February 3, 2006, at [1]). The end of the entire telegram would be noted by FULL STOP.
The word "period", although recognised as an Americanism, is also used vernacularly throughout the English-speaking world to terminate a phrase or thought with finality and emphasis, as in "This is your last chance, period." The term full stop is also used in this sense in many parts of the world.
2006-12-04 19:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Ylia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When someone literally says "period" at the end of a sentence it means that the conversation is over and they don't want to talk about the subject anymore!
2006-12-04 21:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A period ends the sentence. Like, it WOULDN'T make sense to do this and continue on and on would it I didn't think so do you get it now the period helps you separate one sentence from another get it so then you wouldn't just be rambling on but I think that this is getting boring I hope you understand now
See how hard it is to translate? Yeah, that's what punctuation is for!!
2006-12-04 21:52:38 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Just Another Broken Heart♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the sentence. Period is the American term for a full stop, or it could be a useage of slang or refer to a section of time i.e Elizabethan Period.
2006-12-04 21:50:35 · answer #4 · answered by minotaur 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stop bc its the end of the sentence. Its the traffic light in written language.
2006-12-04 21:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by sadez99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finality
2006-12-04 21:49:15 · answer #6 · answered by angry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The end of the sentence =P
2006-12-04 21:49:25 · answer #7 · answered by smerf_catcher 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a period means that it is at the end.
2006-12-04 21:48:50 · answer #8 · answered by f1avor_f1av 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It ends the thoughrt(sentence)
2006-12-04 21:49:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It mean a punctuation mark, used especially when you mark the end of a sentence:)
2006-12-04 21:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by Vy-Vy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋