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Period
The period ( . ) is used to
a) indicate the end of a declarative sentence.
b) indicate abbreviations.
| Examples Mr.
Mrs. St. lb. oz. |
c) indicate a decimal point. As such,
it appears in numbers and financial notations.
Examples
45.7% of the population drinks Coke or
Pepsi.
That umbrella costs $6.99. |
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