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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Punctuation #99704 03/30/2003 9:00 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 the perfectly lucid and literal FULL STOP acquire PERIOD as a synonym The first use of the word period, meaning a full sentence, cited by the OED is in 1533. The first citation for the verb meaning to bring to a termination is 1595. Its use referring to the punctuation mark is dated 1609. The first citation for full stop meaning the punctuation is 1596. So I guess y'all got plenty backup for historical precedence. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Punctuation maahey 03/30/2003 7:00 PM Re: Punctuation Faldage 03/30/2003 9:00 PM Where to put the comma: TEd Remington 03/30/2003 10:14 PM Re: Where to put the comma: AnnaStrophic 03/30/2003 10:56 PM Re: Where to put the comma: Faldage 03/30/2003 11:51 PM Re: Where to put the comma: Capfka 03/31/2003 6:57 AM Re: Where to put the comma: Wordwind 03/31/2003 9:37 AM Re: Where to put the comma: Capfka 03/31/2003 9:48 AM I know where you can put it... musick 03/31/2003 3:40 PM Re: I know where you can put it... Capfka 03/31/2003 4:18 PM Please, allow me to differ... Jackie 04/03/2003 1:15 AM Re: Where to put the comma: Faldage 03/31/2003 10:29 AM Re: Where to put the comma: of troy 04/02/2003 1:35 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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