Subj : To find a subject... 1. To : Ardith Hinton From : Alexander Koryagin Date : Mon Jul 19 2021 22:00:36 Hi, Ardith Hinton! -> Alexander Koryagin I read your message from 15.07.2021 01:09 -----Beginning of the citation----- AK> In the Russian language we have the rule that no additional AK> full stop is put at the end of the sentence where the last AK> word is a shorten word with a period. |shortened Ah. I follow patterns, not rules... but this makes sense to me. The period can do double duty at the end of a sentence. In E_T we often talk about spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. And I use the traditional double space at the end of a sentence to reinforce the idea that I've come to a full stop. ----- The end of the citation ----- I thought for a long time what had you meant by "double space at the end of a sentence" because my qouter removes double spaces. ;-) -----Beginning of the citation----- AK>> In the Russian language we have the rule that no additional full AK>> stop is put at the end of the sentence where the last word is a AK>> shorten word with a period. AH> |shortened AH> Ah. I follow patterns, not rules... but this makes sense to me. The AH> period can do double duty at the end of a sentence. In E_T we often AH> talk about spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. And I use the AH> traditional double space at the end of a sentence to reinforce the AH> idea that I've come to a full stop. ----- The end of the citation ----- Bye, Ardith! Alexander Koryagin english_tutor 2021 --- * Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0) .