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Point vs period

Both 'point' and 'period' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Point' is commonly used in British English to refer to the punctuation mark (.), while 'period' is more commonly used in American English for the same purpose. It's important to use the appropriate term based on the English variant you are using.

Last updated: March 28, 2024 • 1015 views

Point

This is correct, especially in British English, to refer to the punctuation mark (.)

Use 'point' when referring to the punctuation mark (.) in British English. For example, 'Please put a full stop at the end of the sentence.'

Examples:

  • She ended her sentence with a point.
  • The decimal point separates the whole number from the fraction.

Alternatives:

  • full stop
  • period
  • dot
  • decimal point
  • period mark

period

This is correct, especially in American English, to refer to the punctuation mark (.)

Use 'period' when referring to the punctuation mark (.) in American English. For example, 'In American English, we use a period at the end of a sentence.'

Examples:

  • She ended her sentence with a period.
  • The decimal period separates the whole number from the fraction.
  • These regimes created something within us during this period.
  • The east wall contains paintings predating the Revolutionary period.
  • Boston Baroque is the oldest continuing period instrument orchestra in North America.
  • The recently renovated villa is furnished with elegant period items.
  • Dating a high-schooler is the mourning period.
  • Every decade has its decadence period.
  • Antemortem bruising sometimes has a latency period.
  • A 25-year dormancy period is highly unusual.
  • So, warning period is over.
  • Semtech Steel has frozen all pension payments during this transitional period.
  • That would explain the two-year dormancy period.
  • All offenders prepare for dormancy period.
  • We did spend a brief period observing.
  • During this period all nine glaciers examined have retreated significantly.
  • The transition period for developing countries expired in 2005.
  • Environmental pollution in Japan has accompanied industrialization since the Meiji period.
  • At this period the principal difficulty in gas manufacture was purification.
  • Neanderthals also became extinct during this period.
  • This everyday dress underwent relatively few changes during the Joseon period.
  • S.H.E's new album starts pre-order period.

Alternatives:

  • full stop
  • point
  • dot
  • decimal point
  • period mark

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