Poll time!

[conuly]

[Poll #443670]

Comments

[curtainlady.livejournal.com]

On the last one...I had no idea what you were on about o.O So I just ticked 'em all, to be safe.

[conuly]

It's the clicky question!

[yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com]

The first could also be a full stop, in addition to a period, in my humble opinion, depending on context.

Also, the " ' " could be a single quote, but then it would need to be paired with another ' like so " ' ' ".

[conuly]

What's the difference between a full stop and a period? I thought that people used one term or another, not both.

[yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com]

In, say, telegraphs, the "." is a full stop. In normal prose or poetry composition, it's a period.

[conuly]

This, I did not know. I was told that Brits say full stop all the time.

[farraige.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've always harboured the notion that it's dialectal. You never here people call it 'period' in this country. Here, 'period' only ever refers to menstrual bleeding or a period of time.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

The first one depends on context - in a sentence, it's a full stop. In a number, it's a decimal point. (And of course in a calculation it's a multiplication sign ;0) Similarly ' could be an apostrophe or an inverted comma.

[conuly]

Multiplication signs aren't flush with the bottom of the line, they're raised.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I checked this with a European friend and he agrees (that they're raised) so I'll concede that point. In my defence, the (very few) times I've had worksheets that used it they did just use a normal full stop (I think - it was some years ago now.)

*Is informed of the alt-codes to do it correctly* •·•·•·•·•·•· Heeheehee. If only my maths teacher had known them :0P (Possibly these sheets were done on a type-writer actually, in which case he should have just used a pen.)

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

I agree that the first one could be many things. I wanted to say decimal point, but I didn't! Eheu.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

A great many of those have different uses in different contexts, mostly the period in modern use. But given the context of the quiz, I answere accordingly. :-)

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I've always considered ..... to mean silence. Like my icon, even though said icon only has the three dots. Example:

Jacques: Hoo Hah!
Bob: .....
Jacques: What?
Bob: You suck.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

I agree with the "period refers to time or menstration" It's a full stop.

[leora.livejournal.com]

In many of these cases I considered multiple answers fine and just guessed which I used more often. With apostrophe versus single quote - that's context dependent, there is no real answer on its own. Oh and the period versus decimal point, again, context dependent. I think all of the answers were acceptable.

[conuly]

As do I. I just wanted to know which were more common among my friends.

[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

I was a typesetter for several years, and so the lingo has stuck with me. So while most of these have multiple answers I'd consider correct, I still instinctively use the terms that were used in our typesetting shop.

While we would, in fact, typeset "....", it would not simply be called an "ellipsis," because it is actually a period followed by an ellipsis. Since an ellipsis is most often used to indicate that text has been elided, it can obviously follow a period, if that is where text has been removed. However, when typesetting this, we always set a full wordspace after the period, and then a considerably smaller space between each dot of the ellipsis, to make the punctuational relationship clear. :-)

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Three dots is an ellipsis. Four dots is an ellipsis plus terminal punctuation.

[curtainlady.livejournal.com]

On the last one...I had no idea what you were on about o.O So I just ticked 'em all, to be safe.

[conuly]

It's the clicky question!

[yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com]

The first could also be a full stop, in addition to a period, in my humble opinion, depending on context.

Also, the " ' " could be a single quote, but then it would need to be paired with another ' like so " ' ' ".

[conuly]

What's the difference between a full stop and a period? I thought that people used one term or another, not both.

[yadfothgildloc.livejournal.com]

In, say, telegraphs, the "." is a full stop. In normal prose or poetry composition, it's a period.

[conuly]

This, I did not know. I was told that Brits say full stop all the time.

[farraige.livejournal.com]

Yes, I've always harboured the notion that it's dialectal. You never here people call it 'period' in this country. Here, 'period' only ever refers to menstrual bleeding or a period of time.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

The first one depends on context - in a sentence, it's a full stop. In a number, it's a decimal point. (And of course in a calculation it's a multiplication sign ;0) Similarly ' could be an apostrophe or an inverted comma.

[conuly]

Multiplication signs aren't flush with the bottom of the line, they're raised.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I checked this with a European friend and he agrees (that they're raised) so I'll concede that point. In my defence, the (very few) times I've had worksheets that used it they did just use a normal full stop (I think - it was some years ago now.)

*Is informed of the alt-codes to do it correctly* •·•·•·•·•·•· Heeheehee. If only my maths teacher had known them :0P (Possibly these sheets were done on a type-writer actually, in which case he should have just used a pen.)

[ladyshrew.livejournal.com]

I agree that the first one could be many things. I wanted to say decimal point, but I didn't! Eheu.

[fjorab-teke.livejournal.com]

A great many of those have different uses in different contexts, mostly the period in modern use. But given the context of the quiz, I answere accordingly. :-)

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I've always considered ..... to mean silence. Like my icon, even though said icon only has the three dots. Example:

Jacques: Hoo Hah!
Bob: .....
Jacques: What?
Bob: You suck.

[rantinan.livejournal.com]

I agree with the "period refers to time or menstration" It's a full stop.

[leora.livejournal.com]

In many of these cases I considered multiple answers fine and just guessed which I used more often. With apostrophe versus single quote - that's context dependent, there is no real answer on its own. Oh and the period versus decimal point, again, context dependent. I think all of the answers were acceptable.

[conuly]

As do I. I just wanted to know which were more common among my friends.

[kimberly-a.livejournal.com]

I was a typesetter for several years, and so the lingo has stuck with me. So while most of these have multiple answers I'd consider correct, I still instinctively use the terms that were used in our typesetting shop.

While we would, in fact, typeset "....", it would not simply be called an "ellipsis," because it is actually a period followed by an ellipsis. Since an ellipsis is most often used to indicate that text has been elided, it can obviously follow a period, if that is where text has been removed. However, when typesetting this, we always set a full wordspace after the period, and then a considerably smaller space between each dot of the ellipsis, to make the punctuational relationship clear. :-)

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

Three dots is an ellipsis. Four dots is an ellipsis plus terminal punctuation.