JCDenton  +  581084 Tue, 28 Oct 08 03:46 PM Hi guys, I've got a first problem....Context: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is asking lieutenant Randall Disher to get the list of all employees who were in one TV station building that night, when one lotto girl was murdered before that station... Stottlemeyer: I want a list of every employee that was here last night. Make that every employee, period. Disher: Yes, sir. Please is this an example of full-stop? I mean, is he saying....And I wanna all employees, that's all. Or is he saying...And figure out the periods when they were in that TV station???.... many thanks in advance, guys Best Regards JCD   JCDenton Joined on Tue, Jul 3 2007 Regular Member 658 Regards

	AlpheccaStars  +  581089 Tue, 28 Oct 08 04:12 PM  It is an idiom to emphasize a command. It means "Do it, do it precisely, and don't make any mistakes!!!" AlpheccaStars Joined on Sun, Oct 12 2008 Senior Member 3,508 The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) Idioms

	Grammar Geek  +  581098 Tue, 28 Oct 08 04:36 PM He's correcting himself. First he said he wanted a list of all the employees who were there that night. Now he's saying he wants a list of all the employees. The second request doesn't qualify which employees - he wants ALL the employees. Hence, the period at the end of "employees." Nothing comes after it to qualify which ones.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,660 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	AlpheccaStars  +  581106 Tue, 28 Oct 08 04:44 PM  Hi GG: I beg to differ with you. I think Stottlemeyer is being imperious, and he is giving an order to Disher, and emphasizing exactly what he wants. He is saying "give me a list of everyone who was there, and don't leave anyone off the list."  I don't think he is saying, "No, I was mistaken, I don't want a list of only those employees who were there, but all the employees".  He is only interested in having a list of suspects in the murder; the people who were present at the scene. AlpheccaStars

	Grammar Geek  +  581183 Tue, 28 Oct 08 07:50 PM Anonymous “He was correcting himself, actually. First, he said that he wanted a list of every employee who was there that night. Then, he corrected himself and said every employee. He used the "period" to factor out the phrase "there that night".   ” Gosh. I wish I'd thought of that!     Grammar Geek