Period at the end of a sentence means end of discussion, and that's that: the decision is made and there's no point arguing. But written as period or periodt, with a t at the end, as a reply to someone else's message, it's strong agreement: exactly, so true. People say and write it to friends and on social media; the tone is confident, sometimes defiant.
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statement + period; period. / periodt as a reply of strong agreement; BrE: statement + full stop
- I'm not lending him money again after last time, period.
- The best pizza in town is at Luigi's, period, don't even try to argue.
- A: she worked harder than anyone on that team. B: period.
What changed
First versionI'm not going to that party, and point.
RevisionI'm not going to that party, period.
In English, point isn't the name of the mark at the end of a sentence: it's the dot in numbers (2.5 is two point five) or the main idea of something. In American English that mark is called a period, and that's the word people put at the end of a sentence to close an argument. The and isn't needed either.
In British English, people say full stop in the same sense: I'm not paying for it, full stop. Both sound blunt, so they don't belong in a message to a colleague or teacher; there you'd say That is my final decision. Exclamations like this aren't used in an IELTS essay, and in Speaking period sounds a bit rude; I'm absolutely sure about that works better.
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Mum said, 'No phones at the dinner table, ___,' and nobody dared to argue.
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period — Mum closed the subject, and nobody argued: that's end of discussion, period. Point doesn't mean the mark at the end of a sentence in English, so it can't close an argument like this.
Write a message to a friend about a decision you're not going to change. Name the decision and end the message with the word period.
I'm not buying another phone this year, mine works fine, period.
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