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'This Organisation is S.H.I.E.L.D..'

Note the 2 dots that I put there after 'D'. What I meant was the first dot would indicate full form of 'D' & second dot the full stop.

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'This Organisation is S.H.I.E.L.D..'

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'This Organisation is S.H.I.E.L.D..'

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'This Organisation is S.H.I.E.L.D..'

Note the 2 dots that I put there after 'D'. What I meant was the first dot would indicate full form of 'D' & second dot the full stop.

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No, all the style guides I checked say to only use a single period:

Q: If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, should I insert another period to mark the end of the sentence?

A: No. A sentence should never have two periods at the end. If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, do not add an additional period:

She explained the rules for periods, commas, semicolons, etc.

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No, all the style guides I checked say to only use a single period:

Q: If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, should I insert another period to mark the end of the sentence?

A: No. A sentence should never have two periods at the end. If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, do not add an additional period:

She explained the rules for periods, commas, semicolons, etc.

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No, all the style guides I checked say to only use a single period:

Q: If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, should I insert another period to mark the end of the sentence?

A: No. A sentence should never have two periods at the end. If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, do not add an additional period:

She explained the rules for periods, commas, semicolons, etc.

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No, all the style guides I checked say to only use a single period:

Q: If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, should I insert another period to mark the end of the sentence?

A: No. A sentence should never have two periods at the end. If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, do not add an additional period:

She explained the rules for periods, commas, semicolons, etc.

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No, all the style guides I checked say to only use a single period:

Q: If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, should I insert another period to mark the end of the sentence?

A: No. A sentence should never have two periods at the end. If a sentence ends with an abbreviation followed by a period, do not add an additional period:

She explained the rules for periods, commas, semicolons, etc.

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