4 ms·What does DOT mean?by llao 7y agoWhat does DOT mean?comboy 7y ago.losvedir 7y agoWhat does . mean?comboy 7y agoIt is used for several purposes, the most frequent of which is to mark the end of a declaratory sentence. (why are we doing this?)tremon 7y agoI thought English uses PERIOD to verbally mark the end of a declaratory sentence, not DOT. That's probably where the confusion comes from.comboy 7y agoI should have written "period".triplesec 7y agoTo be strictly accurate, English uses 'full stop', and American English uses 'period'.llao 7y agoThanks, I thought it was some acronym.