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If you are saying like, "that is the way it is ,period"., then it mean they feel their statement is unequivocal, no room for discussion or persuading them to the contrary.
That the sentence is done. When the word 'period' is used like this it indicates finality.
really? this sentence is done.
It's an Americanism and it's another way of saying full - stop in other words the sentence is finished with.
It means to STOP. All sentences are finished with a period to let the reader know that the thought/fact is finished.
People sometimes put a period at the end of a sentence. What does it mean?
Like that. It's required in the English language and further down the road, like in college, if you don't use it in English requirement classes, you get marked down. It's sorta like a 'run-on' sentence.
The English name for a 'period' is 'Full stop' which is exactly what it does indicates where one sentence stops and the next starts
Period is the American term for a full stop or "." So, by saying "period" you're emphasising the end of a statement or sentence and giving the impression that there is nothing more to be said on the matter.
Full stop
End of story
this indicates that the sentence has a finality to its ending. Period.
The official term for 'period' being used after a sentance is to basicly say 'end of discussion'.
The sentance is just stopped. The discussion/debate/sentance cannot continue unless otherwise when someone uses the word after they are done speaking.
it means full stop, but is an american word. sometimes it is used in engand-english though to prove a point, like your parents might say it to prove that they are right, or that the subject is cloesed "I'm not saying any more about it. Period!"
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In British English, it's referred to as "full stop". Australian & New Zealander refers to as such as well.
However, in North America, i.e. USA & Canada, the word "period" is used instead. It's generally speaking a "dot" to be put at the end of the sentence & hence you may start a new sentence afterwards.
You may wish to know a little intrigued thing about this is that the term STOP was used in telegrams in place of the period. The end of a sentence would be marked by STOP, as using FULL STOP was costly. The end of the entire telegram would be noted by FULL STOP.
However, bearing in mind that "full stop" doesn't always get used in the context as mentioned above, but can also be used when writing/typing person's name. In British English, you may only say "Mr Smith" (i.e. without full-stop after "Mr") however, in American English, you may write/type it as "Mr. Smith" (notice the "full-stop" after "Mr").
Also, in British English, you put the full-stop AFTER the quote (or speech mark) while in American English, you would put the full-stop BEFORE the quote i.e.
- "I'm not going to that shop". (British English)
- "I'm not going to that shop." (USA English)
"Period" is the old name for part of a piece of writing - what we now call a "passage". It later became another word for "sentence", but we don't use it any more.
When the Americans say "period", they really mean "end of period". Just like when the umpire says "over" in cricket.
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