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24 Nov 2020
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What is the difference between dot and point ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between dot and point ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Dot is used for websites: www dot english (www.english)
Point is used for decimal numbers: seven point eight (7.8)
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- Dutch (Belgium)
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And for example if there is a little dot somewhere on a piece of paper, it’s incorrect to use point.
And for example if there is a little dot somewhere on a piece of paper, it’s incorrect to use point.
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@mihini_ls thanks ! so basically dot is for website and email address while point is for anything else, right ?
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@mihini_ls can you explain it a little better ? it's kind of complex😅
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For example: ‘What’s that dot on this paper?’
And not: ‘ What’s that point on this paper?’
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@mihini_ls ooooh about grammar. Thank you for your explanation ❤️
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Dot is used for websites: www dot english (www.english)
Point is used for decimal numbers: seven point eight (7.8)
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