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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Full stop

Is this sentence inteligible (and is it standard):


"It's time for you to put a full stop in all this matter."


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" The meaning seems clear enough, but it is not expressed well. You dont put a stop in anything. You put a stop to it.

— Anonymous

  • " The meaning seems clear enough, but it is not expressed well.
  • You dont put a stop in anything.
  • You put a stop to it.
  • To put a stop to something is a fixed expression, and it therefore does not take well to variation.
  • " in the UK, and even if that did not fatally condemn it, "full" adds nothing to the meaning.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence inteligible (and is it standard):"It's time for you to put a full stop in all this matter."

The meaning seems clear enough, but it is not expressed well. You dont put a stop in anything. You put a stop to it. To put a stop to something is a fixed expression, and it therefore does not take well to variation. In this case, "

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stop to, not stop in.

It's time for you to put a stop to this (matter).

CJ

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