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B5F
Period
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Place a period as follows:
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B5F.1
At the end of a declarative sentence, quoted or
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nonquoted (Note: Use a period to fix comma
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splice or a run-on sentence.)
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They were built for the queen's amusement.
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He said, "Trash builds up around a dumpster."
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Note: An indirect question requires a period:
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I wonder where those chocolate toads went.
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After abbreviations and initials
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U.S.M.C. 7:00 p.m. 105 A.D. J.L. Hine
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B5F.3
Inside closing quotation marks
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He said, " We'll lay a course for the Orion system."
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It's called "Ring-tailed Lemmings: A Farce."
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To join sentence fragments, periods (and capitals) must be
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eliminated (see Usage).
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More information
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Multiple Punctuation
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Usage
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British vs. American Usage
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