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   Hi, Anton Shepelev! -> Ardith Hinton   
   I read your message from 02.07.2021 13:54   
      
    AH>> While many sources regard "period" & "full stop" as synonymous,   
    AH>> BTW, my inclination is to think of a period as a punctuation mark   
    AH>> (.) which is used in various ways but may be called a "full stop"   
    AH>> at the end of a sentence.   
      
    AS> This distiction between the punctuation character and one of its   
    AS> functions is very useful, do hold on fast to it.   
      
    AH>> I'm very careful to make such distinctions in my own writing.   
      
    AS> I wish I did, too. We must strive to use words that best express   
    AS> the tints, shades, and nuaces of our intended meaning, lest we lose   
    AS> those fine niceties -- first from our thoughts, and then from our   
    AS> language.   
      
   I imagine how Anton, full of energy, sits in the library reading thick English   
   books. Great!  ;-)   
   --nuances   
      
   Bye, Anton!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2021   
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