The Period is Pissed. When Did Our Plainest Punctuation Mark Become So Aggressive?

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The period was always the humblest of punctuation marks. Recently, however, it’s started getting angry. I’ve noticed it in my text messages and online chats, where people use the period not simply to conclude a sentence, but to announce “I am not happy about the sentence I just concluded.”

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