| 1. The full stop (the period) is used to mark the end of a sentence expressing a statement.
| She was treated by her local doctor.
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| 2. We usually write abbreviations without full stops in British English. Full stops (US ‘periods’) are normal in American English.
| BC (British English)
796 B.C. (American English)
etc. (et cetera), also etc (British English)
Mr (British English)
Mr. (American English)
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| 3. The full stop is used with an individual’s initials.
| K.M. Baily
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| 4. The full stop is used after numerals and letters in vertical enumerations.
| Documents to be submitted are:
1. Transcript
2. Personal record
3. Medical certificate
University departments:
A.Philology
1. English
2. French
B. Mathimatics
1. Fundamental
2. Applied
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| 5. The full stop is used to separate pounds from cents, hours from minutes, etc.
| £9.19
15.35
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