Ancient Greek origin
The full stop symbol derives from the Greek punctuation introduced by Aristophanes of Byzantium in the 3rd century BCE. In his system, there were a series of dots … See more

The practice in the United States and Canada is to place full stops and commas inside quotation marks in most styles. In the British system, which is also called "logical quotation", … See more

Greek
Although the present Greek full stop (τελεία, teleía) is romanized as a Latin full stop and encoded … See more

• Decimal separator – Numerical symbol
• Dot (disambiguation)
• Sentence spacing – Horizontal space between sentences in typeset text See more

Full stops are the most commonly used punctuation marks; analysis of texts indicate that approximately half of all punctuation marks used are full stops.
Ending sentences
Full stops indicate the end of sentences that are not … See more

There have been a number of practices relating to the spacing after a full stop. Some examples are listed below:
• One … See more

Researchers from Binghamton University performed a small study, published in 2016, on young adults and found that text messages that included sentences ended with full stops—as opposed to those with no terminal punctuation—were perceived as insincere, though … See more