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minus-squareNo_@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoIt’s real. Adding a period adds a sense of finality and emphasis, while ending your sentence without one means the tone is lighter. This is inherited from texting habits https://theconversation.com/why-does-using-a-period-in-a-text-message-make-you-sound-insincere-or-angry-61792 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217306192?casa_token=2GuEomfEzyMAAAAA:xnd6UeoYlKC8-DUZBhiC4hh5p3CZefiXL6FX3ku7yTixGEd6pQ_n5BORZ-iFZY_-zz7rP_ArsyY https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563215302181?casa_token=NC-Hjq5VqI8AAAAA:JKFpxaM-KHvzCSr9Iw0OJVUiMsDh3ecSAQpdnYoFGMfeTm-HakGAVXK3XhYQin6uGrmS-Q2XjX8 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089858982030108X?casa_token=L_bofonFo1QAAAAA:yqKmY7po0gXJdUxoBDv4Lw_TGMxb-oeBplHLSKxlZySiBb7Z8nIQmfmMYAB3mfl0SI37fYWY6Ho https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563215302181?casa_token=FBJrNZQnj-UAAAAA:afZ2QLPX4KeSvY7_LtQ2nfJJCY27fOGrxCpQXP_UegQW1TqSShC0cCVFNVw9ZXyQW51N0Ssoc4Q
It’s real.
Adding a period adds a sense of finality and emphasis, while ending your sentence without one means the tone is lighter. This is inherited from texting habits
https://theconversation.com/why-does-using-a-period-in-a-text-message-make-you-sound-insincere-or-angry-61792
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217306192?casa_token=2GuEomfEzyMAAAAA:xnd6UeoYlKC8-DUZBhiC4hh5p3CZefiXL6FX3ku7yTixGEd6pQ_n5BORZ-iFZY_-zz7rP_ArsyY
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563215302181?casa_token=NC-Hjq5VqI8AAAAA:JKFpxaM-KHvzCSr9Iw0OJVUiMsDh3ecSAQpdnYoFGMfeTm-HakGAVXK3XhYQin6uGrmS-Q2XjX8
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089858982030108X?casa_token=L_bofonFo1QAAAAA:yqKmY7po0gXJdUxoBDv4Lw_TGMxb-oeBplHLSKxlZySiBb7Z8nIQmfmMYAB3mfl0SI37fYWY6Ho
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563215302181?casa_token=FBJrNZQnj-UAAAAA:afZ2QLPX4KeSvY7_LtQ2nfJJCY27fOGrxCpQXP_UegQW1TqSShC0cCVFNVw9ZXyQW51N0Ssoc4Q