Period piece
From Bill McCrory
Ban “Period” when it is used after an assertion to emphasize the certainty of the assertion and imply that no other interpretation is possible.
For example, “George Bush is the greatest president we’ve ever had. Period.” (Whenever I see that or someone uses it in conversation with me, I usually reply, “Period? Why not semicolon?”)
March 24th, 2004 at 11:51 am
why not a question mark?
February 12th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
the reason people say period is because it concludes the point they are making. Periods are used to end a statement, not semicolens.