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Period .
Two spaces follow the period after
an ellipsis . . .. That’s it.
Use a period:
- At the End of declarative and an imperative sentence
Examples
The sentence ends a sentence.
Tell me your name.
- After an indirect question
Example
She wondered where she forgets her suitcase.
- At the end of a polite request that sounds like
a question
Example
Could you see this photo.
- In abbreviations
Example
U.S., Inc., Co.
- As a decimal point
Example
4345.67
- In front of the last quotation mark
Example
She said, “You are right.”
- Outside parenthesis when they enclose only a word or fragment
Example
Phrasal verbs contain verbs and prepositions (see the appropriate
chapter).
- Inside parenthesis when they enclose a complete sentence
Example
Phrasal verbs contain verbs and prepositions (they are separable
or inseparable.)
- In enumeration and only after complete sentence in list
Example
She needs the following:
- Books and newspapers
- The dog must be in the garden.
- Silence
- To end figure captions even if not they are not complete
sentences
Example
Figure 13. Differential Cross Section and Radial Dose.
Ellipsis:
Ellipsis is the series of three periods. It indicates the omission
of some words in a direct speech. (It contains three periods and
four spaces.)
he declare, “Everything is all right . . ..”
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