As an example, I have written this sentence: "People are trying to stop them from doing this in other countries, such as the U.N." Should this have a period at the end?
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Do acronyms have periods at all to begin with? – Mitch May 06 '19 at 13:26
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Not related to the punctuation issue, but to your sentence: as written, it is implicitly stating that "the U.N." is a country, but the U.N. is definitely not a country. – Hellion May 06 '19 at 13:30
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(Per the answers at the suggested duplicate, never 'double up' on the punctuation: The period that is part of "U.N." also serves as the end-of-sentence mark.) – Hellion May 06 '19 at 13:34
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No. It may be logical, but it looks funny. – Greg Lee May 06 '19 at 13:44
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@Hellion That question is about abbreviations, not acronyms. So it is not a duplicate. – Mitch May 06 '19 at 14:03
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Well, thanks for all the information. At least I know now. – Chungo Bungo May 08 '19 at 19:00