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

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