Saturday, September 5, 2020

A full stop is a period

Yeah, sposebly, the youngins are intimidated when you end a sentence with a period.

Young people are intimidated by full stops because they seem like a sign of anger in social media messages, linguistics experts have claimed.

(A 'full stop' is British for that dot at the end of a sentence.  Sorta like when they say 'half-litre' they really mean a 16 ounce pint with a little room for the head.) 

I'm gonna throw a flag on the play.  This article doesn't really mean what it appears to mean.  That folks should be sensitive of Gen Z and stop using periods. 

No, this article was written by a gramma nazi, appalled at the awful grammar in social media.  They are hoping folks will get defensive and contrary and insist on always using a period.  It could backfire on them... And folks will start over-using the simplest punktuation mark...  And. that. would. be. awful..........

3 comments:

  1. WTF!?!

    Period is the marker for the end of a sentence.
    No more, no less.

    Seems like the SJWs have issues and need every
    nano-aggression their weak minds perceive!

    Full stop end of sentence is period.
    Exclamation and possible anger is the one with the point!

    They need to read a copy of Strunk and White on style.

    Eck!

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