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Period .

Two spaces follow the period after an ellipsis . . .. That’s it.

Use a period:
  • At the End of declarative and an imperative sentence

    Examples

    The sentence ends a sentence.
    Tell me your name.

  • After an indirect question

    Example

    She wondered where she forgets her suitcase.

  • At the end of a polite request that sounds like a question

    Example

    Could you see this photo.

  • In abbreviations

    Example

    U.S., Inc., Co.

  • As a decimal point

    Example

    4345.67

  • In front of the last quotation mark

    Example

    She said, “You are right.”

  • Outside parenthesis when they enclose only a word or fragment

    Example

    Phrasal verbs contain verbs and prepositions (see the appropriate chapter).

  • Inside parenthesis when they enclose a complete sentence

    Example

    Phrasal verbs contain verbs and prepositions (they are separable or inseparable.)

  • In enumeration and only after complete sentence in list

    Example

    She needs the following:
    1. Books and newspapers
    2. The dog must be in the garden.
    3. Silence


  • To end figure captions even if not they are not complete sentences

    Example

    Figure 13. Differential Cross Section and Radial Dose.


Ellipsis:
Ellipsis is the series of three periods. It indicates the omission of some 
words in a direct speech. (It contains three periods and four spaces.) 
he declare, “Everything is all right . . ..”



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