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The hyphen/hyphen-minus ( ‐ ) is used: | The hyphen/hyphen-minus ( ‐ ) is used: | ||
1. as a line continuation when a word is broken across two lines | |||
1. as a line continuation when a word is broken across two lines. | |||
2. to apply a prefix to a word for which there is no canonical compound word; | 2. to apply a prefix to a word for which there is no canonical compound word; | ||
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'''Period/full stop/full point''' | '''Period/full stop/full point''' | ||
The character known as the period/full stop/full point ( . ) serves multiple purposes. It is used to mark the end of a sentence, to indicate abbreviation, including of names as initials, as well as a separation marker when listing things with numbers "1. 2. 3.". | The character known as the period/full stop/full point ( . ) serves multiple purposes. It is used to mark the end of a sentence, to indicate abbreviation, including of names as initials, as well as a separation marker when listing things with numbers e.g. "1. 2. 3.". | ||