July 30, 2009, 10:54 AM
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Emerald
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: en el norte de Inglaterra
Posts: 526
Native Language: British English
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Quote:
Originally Posted by irmamar
Is full stop a period in BrE? I had always heard full stop as "punto y aparte", and "stop" as "punto" (and I've learnt BrE). Copy from wordreference.com:
punto y aparte, full stop, new paragraph
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full stop is simply "." We do not use the word period in this context. We do not have a special term for a full stop at the end of a paragraph. If we are dictating we would say "full stop, new paragraph"
I believe that a "period" in US can also be a complete complex sentence. Is this correct?
Last edited by brute; July 30, 2009 at 12:50 PM.
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