The Full Stop or the Period

Description : The story explains the importance of the full stop, not only is it a vital as a punctuation mark, but also it is used to create other punctuation marks, for example, the semicolon and the colon. Also, it has a vital role in differentiating some similar Arabic letters. That is by adding one or more dots on top, or under some of these letters. So, the reader does not misunderstand the sentence.

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Keywords : Children literature, the fullstop, ending the sentence, a small circular mark, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali, putting full stops on letters to differentate similar looking letters, semicolon, colon, ellipsis, the three trianglar dots in Arabic poetry

Type : An educational story

Relations : It is one of eight stories in the collection Our Beautiful Language: The Punctuation Mark

Coverage : The story explains the significant role of the full stop in punctuation, in poetry, and in differentiating similar Arabic letters

Language and Age : In Arabic for age 11-12

Publishing Rights : The writer and Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publisher and Place : Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publication Date : 2002

E-Format : 15 pages in Arabic