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JCDenton Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Is this an example of full-stop (period)?
Hi guys,
I've got a first problem....Context: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is asking lieutenant Randall Disher to get the list of all employees who were in one TV station building that night, when one lotto girl was murdered before that station...
Stottlemeyer: I want a list of every employee that was here last night. Make that every employee, period.
Disher: Yes, sir.
Please is this an example of full-stop? I mean, is he saying....And I wanna all employees, that's all. Or is he saying...And figure out the periods when they were in that TV station???....
many thanks in advance, guys
Best Regards
JCD
I've got a first problem....Context: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is asking lieutenant Randall Disher to get the list of all employees who were in one TV station building that night, when one lotto girl was murdered before that station...
Stottlemeyer: I want a list of every employee that was here last night. Make that every employee, period.
Disher: Yes, sir.
Please is this an example of full-stop? I mean, is he saying....And I wanna all employees, that's all. Or is he saying...And figure out the periods when they were in that TV station???....
many thanks in advance, guys
Best Regards
JCD
Top answer
It is an idiom to emphasize a command. "
- It is an idiom to emphasize a command.
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It is an idiom to emphasize a command. It means "Do it, do it precisely, and don't make any mistakes!!!"
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He's correcting himself.
First he said he wanted a list of all the employees who were there that night. Now he's saying he wants a list of all the employees.
The second request doesn't qualify which employees - he wants ALL the employees. Hence, the period at the end of "employees." Nothing comes after it to qualify which ones.
First he said he wanted a list of all the employees who were there that night. Now he's saying he wants a list of all the employees.
The second request doesn't qualify which employees - he wants ALL the employees. Hence, the period at the end of "employees." Nothing comes after it to qualify which ones.
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Hi GG:
I beg to differ with you. I think Stottlemeyer is being imperious, and he is giving an order to Disher, and emphasizing exactly what he wants. He is saying "give me a list of everyone who was there, and don't leave anyone off the list."
I don't think he is saying, "No, I was mistaken, I don't want a list of only those employees who were there, but all the employees". He is only
I beg to differ with you. I think Stottlemeyer is being imperious, and he is giving an order to Disher, and emphasizing exactly what he wants. He is saying "give me a list of everyone who was there, and don't leave anyone off the list."
I don't think he is saying, "No, I was mistaken, I don't want a list of only those employees who were there, but all the employees". He is only
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He was correcting himself, actually. First, he said that he wanted a list of every employee who was there that night. Then, he corrected himself and said every employee. He used the "period" to factor out the phrase "there that night".
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AnonymousHe was correcting himself, actually. First, he said that he wanted a list of every employee who was there that night. Then, he corrected himself and said every employee. He used the "period" to factor out the phrase "there that night".Gosh. I wish I'd thought of that!
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I was agreeing with you. Full Stop. 
I hope you're not trying to be a jerk about my comment.
I was only trying to be helpful.
I hope you're not trying to be a jerk about my comment.
I was only trying to be helpful.
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