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Punctuation at the end of a sentence...?
Ok, this is going to sound like a stupid question, but I'm asking anyway. If I am ending a sentence with something that already has a "period" (i.e., I am a big fan of the movie E.T.), do I then end it with one period or two? I mean, which of these is right?
a) I am a big fan of the movie E.T.
b) I am a big fan of the movie E.T..
5 Answers
- ?Lv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
You only need one period at the end of a sentence, even if the sentence ends with an abbreviation or initials that have their own period. Thus, your first example is correct.
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one. Suppose you are saying" I am a big fan of John., or I am a big fan of the movie Grease. There is only one period as the name is a proper noun.
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- 1 decade ago
it seems like one period is correct,but not right. if there's another sentence that follows sentence 'a', my brain f*cks up.