{"id":174,"date":"2015-05-15T13:46:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T11:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2015-05-15T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T11:46:03","slug":"sentences-ending-in-abbreviations-with-final-point","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/punctuation\/full-stops\/sentences-ending-in-abbreviations-with-final-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentences ending in abbreviations with final point"},"content":{"rendered":"

In declarative sentences, if an abbreviation that takes a final point ends the sentence, finish the sentence with just one final point\/full stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe new faculty service provides updates on roundtables, forums, seminars, courses, etc.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThis research is the initiative of a number of companies, including Apple Inc.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThe tour of the Aula Magna<\/em> will end at 2.30 p.m.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In the case of questions and exclamations, however, finish the sentence with the final point of the abbreviation followed by a question mark or exclamation mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nCan this department really base its future decisions on the findings of Brown et al.?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nThis was hardly the position adopted by Washington D.C.!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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In declarative sentences, if an abbreviation that takes a final point ends the sentence, finish the sentence with just one final point\/full stop. The new faculty service provides updates on roundtables, forums, seminars, courses, etc. This research is the initiative of a number of companies, including Apple Inc. The tour of the Aula Magna will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":139,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}