Learn about how to use periods (full stops in British English) when writing in English. I will teach you how to place periods and when to use them. You'll learn how to use them in declarative and imperative sentences, indirect questions, with abbreviations, quotation marks, and parentheses.
I'll give detailed explanations and then we'll do a quiz together at the end to see what you have learned. Come learn all about period and full stop usage with Sparkle English!
Chapters:
0:48 - Rule 1: Use a period to end a declarative sentence or statement.
1:50 - Rule 2: Place a period at the end of a sentence.
3:02 - Rule 3: Use periods at the end of sentences that are intended to instruct or command.
4:29 - Rule 4: An indirect question ends with a period, not a question mark.
6:19 - Rule 5: If a sentences ends with an abbreviation that ends in a period, do not follow it with another period.
8:21 - Rule 6: How to Place a Period with Quotation Marks
9:20 - Rule 7: How to Use Periods with Parentheses
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