Paragraph 1
In British English it is the full stop; in American English the
. This punctuation
has been used for centuries to end sentences or in
. It seems that with the younger
today, its use is changing. A report from Binghamton University in New York shows the
full stop is "intimidating" to young people because they view it as a
of anger. This is especially so on social media, where many
largely forego the use of punctuation, except for a
use of exclamation marks. Linguist Professor David Crystal said: "Usage of full stops is being 'revised in a
fundamental way'. People simply do not put full stops in, unless they want to make a
."
