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The English language is greatly influenced by rapid global communications - newspapers, radio, TV, and in particular the internet. Through these media forms, speakers of English are brought into daily contact with alternative forms of the language. British English, for instance, differs from American English. Through this contact, vocabulary and spelling are open to change.
Leyden jars were part of many scientific experiments in the 1700's. They were similar to ordinary large wide-necked jars, but were metal coated and filled with water. They were one of the first means of storing electricity, but could deliver only one short current before having to be recharged.
Full stops have many uses apart from being at the end of a sentence and marking many abbreviations (Fri., a.m.). A sequence of three full stops is used to show where words are missing, as in the case of an unfinished question (Is that...?). A full stop is used as a decimal point and to divide hours and minutes in digital time.
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