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Can someone explain to me why, when ending an email, it is wrong to have a full stop after my name?
For example:
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
With kind regards,
Pie.
...is wrong apparently, and I don't understand why?
Well, you need a full stop after the final 'blah' to start with.
it's not just emails, your signature isn't a sentence, however, if you must have punctuation add a kiss 🙂
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There shouldn't be a capital in Grammar.
Alternatively he could be assigning the group a proper name; in which case "police" should also be capitalised.
That full stop is correct because Pie is an abbreviation for Piemann. Sorry no idea.
Because your name is not a declarative sentence.Your name is not an abbreviated title.It is not an abbreviation for name of a day or a month, nor is it an initial within a name. A shortening or abbreviating to a nickname does not qualify for one either.
Your name is not an abbreviated title
And even if it was, you would only use a full stop if it was a true abbreviation. So, for example, 'MS.' (for 'manuscript') has a full stop, as the abbreviation is represented by letters in the word that do not occur at the end. Ms, on the other hand (as a title for a woman whose marital status is unknown), is not followed by a full stop, as it is a contraction of Mrs. and Miss, and its letters are simply the first and last of the title.
The same rule applies to Mr and Dr.
SR
OK, which of these is correct?
Tuesday, 19th. January
Tuesday, 19th. January.
Tuesday 19th January
Tuesday 19th January.
Tuesday, 19th January.
My English teacher used to drum it into us.....!
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Tuesday!? 19th? January?
Oh fek, it's my wedding anniversary - thanks!
My English teacher used to drum it into us.....!
You can get confidential counselling to help you through that. Or you could write a book about it. That sort of thing seems popular in the bookshops these days.