Technical Writing and Communication

Yes surely it can. “Full Stop” is actually a British term. In America “period” is the most common term.

So what? what difference does it make? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet! well, not in case of full stop.

In British English, abbreviations of titles often omit the full stop, for example – Mr, Dr, Prof, which in American English would be given as Mr., Dr., Prof. is actually without any full stop in British writing.

The rule is – If the abbreviation includes both the first and last letter of the abbreviated word, as in mister , doctor, miss, a full stop is not used. This does not include “Professor”.

In this use, the full stop is also occasionally known as a suspension mark.

So Mr. Dr. Prof. in American English

and Mr, Dr, Prof. in British English