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period
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period noun age, bout, continuance, course, duration, eon, epoch, era, hitch, interval, juncture, length of time, limited time, point, season, shift, span, spell, stage, stint, stretch, tenure, term, time, time interval, time stretch, tour, while
Associated concepts: period of redemption
See also: age, annum, cycle, date, duration, expiration, life, moratorium, tenure, term, time


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She did such a good job that she started putting a period after the signature she wrote so that he could tell which ones she signed.
Remedy: Putting a period and separating the clauses would be the safest way to correct this run-on sentence but it would also read gracefully if we use the semicolon after the word school.
Instead of putting a period at the end of the season, why not put an exclamation point?
 
 
 
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