Comments on: Period

By: werutzb

werutzb — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:43:58 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:26:44 +0000

To pass word-processing exams, the rule is either all punctuation or no punctuation, (in headings, addresses, other non-paragraph text). So a period, or full stop as I call them, can be used for consistent style. But I prefer the ‘clean’ look without the punctuation wherever possible.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:03:14 +0000

I think it’s just a termination of a sentence, short or long. If Bob were adamant, he’d be better to end the sentence with an exclamation point!

By: Jona

Jona — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:33:43 +0000

That’s what I’m looking for! Thanks, Daniel, you may have nailed it. (At least, the way you expressed it was less technical and right-brained than Bob’s response, although he may have been trying to convey the same message. If that is the case, I apologize for that, Bob.)

Any other thoughts like that?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:46:10 +0000

I like to think the use of a period this way is to mean that it is a definite opinion and that’s just how it is, and the topic is not open for debate. For example (Bob’s example):

“Linux is awesome” would simply express an opinion that others would debate, but…

“Linux is awesome.” means you’re set on that opinion and NOTHING will change your mind about it.

I don’t know, that’s just what I’ve always taken it to mean.

By: Jona

Jona — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:41:49 +0000

I understand that it’s technically improper to use a period in a title, but I was interested in collecting thoughts on how it affects the way one reads the title.

By: Martin Neczypor

Martin Neczypor — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:27:55 +0000

I just skimmed my archives and I haven’t used any periods in my titles, but I have used question marks a few times.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:05:52 +0000

True, but this was a definition so it seemed to make sense to me.

By: Robert F.

Robert F. — Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:07:03 +0000

They really shouldn’t be used in a title, since a title is not a sentence, but rather a fragment. Except, I guess, you could use it for emphasis. Like:

“Linux is awesome. Period.”

Or maybe if you have a two sentence title.

“I like Linux. Do you?”

But generally titles aren’t full sentences

“Linux on My Box”

Word.

By: Mike Cherim

Mike Cherim — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:38:21 +0000

I use it to cap proper sentences not used as headings or titles typically. I know this one guy who always complains to me about that. I wrote a dfn title for a site and ended it with a period; it was two senetences, actually. He complained… “Why you’d put a full stop on that text. Full stop?! I had to laugh. It’s not script, it’s a sentence.