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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Period at end of a.m. and p.m. if using ! or ?

I am trying to find out which sentence is correct.

It's 7:52 p.m!

or

It's 7:52 p.m.!

The issue is the last . before the !

Help.

What about,

9:00 p.m?

9:00 p.m.?
  

Top answer

org/wiki/Full_stop Abbreviations A full stop is used after some abbreviations. ) This is called haplography. Logically there should be two full stops (one for the abbreviation, one for the sentence ending), but only one is conventionally written.

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  • org/wiki/Full_stop Abbreviations A full stop is used after some abbreviations.
  • ) This is called haplography.
  • Logically there should be two full stops (one for the abbreviation, one for the sentence ending), but only one is conventionally written.
  • ).
  • " It's 7:52 pm!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_stop

Abbreviations
A full stop is used after some abbreviations. If the abbreviation ends a declaratory sentence there is no additional full stop immediately following the full stop that ends the abbreviation
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There are several valid options for abbreviating ante meridiem and post meridiem. I suggest these:

It's 7:52 PM!

9:00 pm?
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