British peeps, punctuation Q: Were you really not taught what periods are? My 8yo also stares blankly at me, and then replies "you mean & #39;full stop& #39;."

THEY& #39;RE PERIODS.

All y& #39;all need to read the final paragraph before the table of contents in this entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop 

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