Learn the rules of punctuation.
Remember to place a full stop at the end of each sentence. The following lists some of the most common English punctuation; I recommend you print it out to use as a quick and ready reference.
Full stop or period = (.)
All statements are followed by a full stop. Full stops come at the end of a complete thought.
Most abbreviations are followed by periods, (Mr., Mrs., Dr.) some, however, now consider this use optional (I still use it and recommend my students do too). An abbreviation is a short way of writing something. Abbreviations follow standard forms; there is no 'inventing' them. Some short forms, like TV and UN are not abbreviations at all. They are pronounced as they are written and they are not followed by full stops. When an abbreviation occurs at the end of a sentence a closing period is required (DEA, TWA, RAF).
A full stop, not a comma, separates the two parts of a decimal in English punctuation (e.g., 23.16 and is read twenty-three point sixteen.)
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