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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Stack Overflow is a much better place to ask questions since:
 
 <!-- - there are thousands of people willing to help on Stack Overflow [maybe one day] -->
 
-- questions and answers stay available for public viewing so your question / answer might help someone else
+- questions and answers stay available for public viewing so your question / answer might help someone else.
 - Stack Overflow's voting system assures that the best answers are prominently visible.
 
 To save your and our time, we will systematically close all issues that are requests for general support and redirect people to Stack Overflow.