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A language abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung says using a full stop to end abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung in text messages can look rude. A full stop is used in British English; in American English, this abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung mark is called a abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung. Linguist Gretchen McCulloch says more and more people think ending messages with a full stop is rude. She said this abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung is most common in younger people who use instant messaging apps like Twitter and Facebook Messenger. Ms McCulloch said people prefer to send a abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung new message instead of ending a sentence with a full stop. She said: "If you're a abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung person and you're sending a abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung to someone, the abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung way to break up your thoughts is to send abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung thought as a new message."

The full stop dates back around 2,300 years. It is an abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung part of writing today. School teachers can put lots of comments in red abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung on a student's writing if that student forgets to add the full stop at the abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung of his or her sentence. However, abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung is changing the way we write. Most people now use abbreviations or acronyms in text messages. They might use the abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung 'LOL' instead of writing 'laugh out loud,' or the abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung 'fyi' rather than typing 'for your abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung'. Ms McCulloch says not using the full stop helps the abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung save time. She also says that a full stop can make the writer look a little abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung. Many people prefer to end a sentence with an emoji or abbreviationacronymaggressivecompletelydefaulteachemoticonendessentialexpertinformationinkmessageperiodpunctuationsentencestechnologyviewwriteryoung instead of a full stop :-)