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<p>used to refer to the punctuation mark when it was used to terminate a sentence. This terminological distinction seems to be eroding. For example, the 1998 edition of <a href="page.php?w=Fowler%27s_Modern_English_Usage">Fowler's Modern English Usage</a> used full point for the mark used after an abbreviation, but full stop or full point when it was employed at the end of a sentence; the 2015 edition, however, treats them as synonymous (and prefers full stop), and <a href="page.php?w=New_Hart%27s_Rules">New Hart's Rules</a> does likewise (but prefers</p><p>
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