Full Stop or Period

Full Stop or Period .


1. Use a full stop at the end of a sentence:

• The man arrived. He sat down.
  

2. Use full stops with abbreviations (in an abbreviation the last letter of the word and of the abbreviation are not the same):

• Co. (Company)
  
• etc. (et cetera)
  
• M.P. (Member of Parliament)
  

3. Do not use full stops with contractions (in a contraction the last letter of the word and of the contraction are the same):

• Ltd (Limited)
  
• Dr (Doctor)
  
• St (Saint)