Originally posted by apathy maybe+Oct 17 2003, 01:23 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (apathy maybe @ Oct 17 2003, 01:23 AM)
Originally posted by
[email protected] 17 2003, 04:03 AM
Urban
[email protected] 14 2003, 03:09 AM
Hey SocialistFreedom, when you write a paragraph, try to use some periods. I'm not coming down on you, it just makes it easier to read.
P.S Whoever posts that Grammar Nazi picture first wins a kick in the teeth.
P.P.S No, it won't be funny to post it now that I said not to.
A period is something women have due to the menstruation cycle.
this . is called a full stop.
I hate to correct you Ak, but a period is both,
pe·ri·od ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pîr-d)
n.
An interval of time characterized by the occurrence of a certain condition, event, or phenomenon: a period of economic prosperity.
An interval of time characterized by the prevalence of a specified culture, ideology, or technology: artifacts of the pre-Columbian period.
An interval regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental phase: Picasso's early career is divided into his blue period and rose period.
Geology. A unit of time, longer than an epoch and shorter than an era.
Any of various arbitrary units of time, especially:
Any of the divisions of the academic day.
Sports & Games. A division of the playing time of a game.
Physics & Astronomy. The time interval between two successive occurrences of a recurrent event or phases of an event; a cycle: the period of a satellite's orbit.
An instance or occurrence of menstruation.
A point or portion of time at which something is ended; a completion or conclusion.
The full pause at the end of a spoken sentence.
A punctuation mark ( . ) indicating a full stop, placed at the end of declarative sentences and other statements thought to be complete, and after many abbreviations.
A sentence of several carefully balanced clauses in formal writing.
A metrical unit of quantitative verse consisting of two or more cola.
An analogous unit or division of classical Greek or Latin prose.
Music. A group of two or more phrases within a composition, often made up of 8 or 16 measures and terminating with a cadence.
Mathematics.
The least interval in the range of the independent variable of a periodic function of a real variable in which all possible values of the dependent variable are assumed.
A group of digits separated by commas in a written number.
The number of digits that repeat in a repeating decimal. For example, 1/7 = 0.142857142857... has a six-digit period.
Chemistry. A sequence of elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number and forming one of the horizontal rows in the periodic table.
adj.
Of, belonging to, or representing a certain historical age or time: a period piece; period furniture.
interj.
Used to emphasize finality, as when expressing a decision or an opinion: You're not going to the movies tonight, period! [/b]
Well according to my Oxford dictionary, ('95 edition, so a little old)
period /prid; AmE pr-/ noun, adv., adj.
noun
1 a particular length of time: a period of consultation / mourning / uncertainty The factory will be closed down over a 2-year period / a period of two years. This compares with a 4% increase for the same period last year. This offer is available for a limited period only. The aim is to reduce traffic at peak periods. You can have it for a trial period (= in order to test it). The project will run for a six-month trial period. Tomorrow will be cold with sunny periods.—see also cooling-off period
2 a length of time in the life of a particular person or in the history of a particular country: Which period of history would you most like to have lived in? the post-war period The church dates from the Norman period. Like Picasso, she too had a blue period. Most teenagers go through a period of rebelling.
3 a particular length of time during which rocks are formed: the Jurassic period
4 any of the parts that a day is divided into at a school, college, etc. for study: ‘What do you have next period?’ ‘French.’ a free / study period (= for private study)
5 the flow of blood each month from the body of a woman who is not pregnant: period pains monthly periods When did you last have a period?—compare menstruation
6 fullstop / American English / noun
6 fullstop / noun / American English
American English??? So basically its an American word, for an english word. So basically its just an American abomination of a fine language...