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Literacy Shorts: Full Stops

January 9, 2016

One of the main functions of the full stop is to separate sentences.  For example: The Christmas break was very relaxing.  I feel ready to tackle the term ahead. Here, the full stops mark the separation between what David Crystal calls ‘units of sense’ – they help to aid clarity.  The tricky, but undoubtedly rewarding … More Literacy Shorts: Full Stops

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