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C5A7
Period
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Use a period
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C5A7.1
To end a declarative sentence. (Correct comma
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splice or a run-on sentence with a period.)
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A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a
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punctuation mark.
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Note:
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An indirect question is actually a statement and
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should end in a period, not a question mark.
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I wonder if I could learn to fly.
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C5A7.2
After abbreviations and initials
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Washington, D.C. Dr. Nolan Mr. J. Pedrewski
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C5A7.3
Inside closing quotation marks (double and/or
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single)
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We delivered a package marked "fragile."
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He said, "It's in the 'bag.'"
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More information
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British vs. American Usage
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C5A7.4
With closing parentheses
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Inside when the entire sentence is within the parentheses
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The physics professor used humor to enliven his
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lectures. (In fact, we suspected that he really wanted to
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be a comedian.)
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Outside when the parentheses enclose material which is part
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of a longer sentence
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He said that the dog ate the liver off his plate (he didn't
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say how the dog got the liver in the first place).
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To join sentence fragments, see
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Sentence Fragments
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(unnecessary periods and capitals must be eliminated).
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More choices
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Sentence Fragments
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Multiple Punctuation
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