Period. Period

Much silliness is being made about President Obama's slogan "Forward." with the word "forward" ending in a period. Go. is the shortest sentence in the English language. Forward is just a word.

As expected, all kinds of people are weighing in on this one. Just read today's WSJ.

Ironic that the WSJ reports on this when its own name on the front page ends in a period.

I don't know why this is. I think it's a leftover from early days of printing, but I don't know. Perhaps an alert reader can explain. I once read that the New York Times kept a period after its name for many years, but then dropped it. Why was it there to begin with?

It's vacation time for school, but the grammarians are still out there.

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