Unit 11.1
Dot
Introduction
The ‘.‘ mark has got three names depending on its use: a dot, a full stop, a point.
Form
A dot
- In e-mail and web addresses before ‘com’
- In abbreviations after the last letter and in acronyms after every letter
A point
- In large numbers between every three digits beginning from the end
- in the hour between the number of hours and minutes
A full stop
- at the end of a sentence that is not a question or an exclamation.
Example
A dot
- in e-mail and web addresses
- example@gmail.com
- youtube.com
- facebook.com
- in abbreviations and acronyms
- U.S.A.
- etc.
- ex.
A point
- in large numbers except for telephone numbers and the year
- 1.000.000
- 5.186.926
- 3.832.864
- in the hour
- 3.30
- 8.23
- 9.45
A full stop
- at the end of a sentence that is not a question or an exclamation
- I like cats.
- I hate you.
- This is it.
Use
- A dot in web addresses and some abbreviations to separate the elements
- A point in numbers to separate the thousands, hundreds and unities
- A full stop finishes a sentence
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