Full stops intimidate1 young people when used in social media communication as they are interpreted as a sign of anger, according to linguistic2 experts.
语言专家表示，在社交媒体交流中使用句号会让年轻人感到恐慌，因为他们认为这表示愤怒。
Teenagers and those in their early twenties, classified as Generation Z, have grown up with smartphones which they use to send short messages without full stops.
Linguistic experts are now investigating why teens interpret a correctly-punctuated text as a signal of
irritation3.
The debate was reignited after writer Rhiannon Cosslett tweeted: 'Older people – do you realise that ending a sentence with a full stop comes across as sort of
abrupt4 and unfriendly to younger people in an email/chat? Genuinely curious.'
That prompted crime novelist Sophie Hannah to reply: 'Just asked 16-year-old son –
apparently5 this is true. If he got a message with full stops at the end of sentences he'd think the sender was "
weird6, mean or too blunt".'
According to experts, youngsters used to communicating electronically break up their thoughts by sending each one as a separate message, rather than using a full stop, which they use only to signal they are annoyed or irritated.
Some have said the full stop is
redundant7 when used in texting because the message is ended just by sending it.
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