what are the reason put the full stop here

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Original sentence is given by Voa special english.

American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy issues when he takes office on January twentieth. Two wars. Nuclear worries over Iran. The threat of terrorism. New tensions with Russia. These are in addition to a financial crisis.

Does full stop used after "Two wars." correct?
or it can be changed that is "two wars which are Nuclear worries over Iran and threat of Terrorism"
does above sentence correct?

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,
Original sentence is given by Voa special english.

American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy issues when he takes office on January twentieth. Two wars. Nuclear worries over Iran. The threat of terrorism. New tensions with Russia. These are in addition to a financial crisis.

Does full stop used after "Two wars." correct?

or it can be changed that is "two wars which are Nuclear worries over Iran and threat of Terrorism"

does above sentence correct?
The writing above is not formally correct. An English sentence requires a verb. The words in red are just four phrases. They are not sentences.
You can make them into a sentence by saying something like this.
These issues include two wars, nuclear worries over Iran, the threat of terrorism, and new tensions with Russia.

Best wishes, Clive

RayH · Answer

NithilaDoes full stop used after "Two wars." correct?
or it can be changed that is "two wars which are Nuclear worries over Iran and threat of Terrorism"
does above sentence correct?

Clive is correct from a grammatical standpoint. I would say that the passage is written the way it is for emphasis. The author probably wanted to emphasize each problem and combining them all into one sentence sort of diminishes their impact.

Nithila · Answer

i got the idea.. thanks a lot clive..andRayH....

what are the reason put the full stop here

American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy issues when he takes office on January twentieth. Two wars. Nuclear worries over Iran. The threat of terrorism. New tensions with Russia. These are in addition to a financial crisis.

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American President-Election Barack Obama faces a long list of foreign policy issues when he takes office on January twentieth. Two wars. Nuclear worries over Iran. The threat of terrorism. New tensions with Russia. These are in addition to a financial crisis.

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