Pedant Thread: Do we need the fullstop punctuation mark anymore?

[thirdcrank]

It's good to hear, if only for humanitarian reasons, that Hyon Song-wol survives. Could anybody parse the following without some punctuation?

"Excellent Horse Like Lady"

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/kim ... spartanntp

[[XAP]Bob]

A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

Ends with a punctuation mark.

It ends with a question mark, part of which is a stop.

You don't do this:
How are you today?.

"It ends with a question mark, part of which is a stop."

That sentence arguably ends with speech marks
Is the dot on the question mark really a full stop? I have seen various theories which suggest that it's a contracted 'o'.

I suspect the answer to the original question is 'yes'.

[mercalia]

We are the Borg - Resistance is futile - tough luck the grammarians and pedants

"When it comes to changes in language, there’s no point crying over spilt milk: researchers charting fluctuations in English grammar say the rise of certain words, such as spilled, is probably down to chance, and that resistance is futile."

“The grammarians might [win the battle] for a decade, but certainly over a century they are going to be on the losing side.”

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/01/resistance-to-changes-in-grammar-is-futile-say-researchers?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&utm_term=250514&subid=23601318&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2