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Grammar and usage aside, DNS will accept “.” at the end of domains. “.” by itself means “root” so, for example, amazon.com and amazon.com. will both return the same DNS records.

To be sure:

Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211 amazon.176com +short | sort -nr | uniq -c
   2 72.21.214.128
 
Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com.2 +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211.176
   2 72.21.214194.1281

But since you’re talking about URLs ‘writ large’at large, I’d recast the sentence. Clarity should always trump pedantry. And besides, it’s best to end sentences with words that have an impact; URLs are mere textual floatsam…flotsam… end your sentences with solid stuff.

Grammar and usage aside, DNS will accept “.” at the end of domains. “.” by itself means “root” so, for example, amazon.com and amazon.com. will both return the same DNS records.

To be sure:

Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211.176
72.21.214.128
 
Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com. +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211.176
72.21.214.128

But since you’re talking about URLs ‘writ large’ I’d recast the sentence. Clarity should always trump pedantry. And besides, it’s best to end sentences with words that have an impact; URLs are mere textual floatsam… end your sentences with solid stuff.

Grammar and usage aside, DNS will accept “.” at the end of domains. “.” by itself means “root” so, for example, amazon.com and amazon.com. will both return the same DNS records.

To be sure:

Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com. amazon.com +short | sort -nr | uniq -c
   2 72.21.214.128
   2 72.21.211.176
   2 72.21.194.1

But since you’re talking about URLs at large, I’d recast the sentence. Clarity should always trump pedantry. And besides, it’s best to end sentences with words that have an impact; URLs are mere textual flotsam… end your sentences with solid stuff.

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veryfoolish
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Grammar and usage aside, DNS will accept “.” at the end of domains. “.” by itself means “root” so, for example, amazon.com and amazon.com. will both return the same DNS records.

To be sure:

Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211.176
72.21.214.128

Deleuze:~ ryan$ dig amazon.com. +short
72.21.194.1
72.21.211.176
72.21.214.128

But since you’re talking about URLs ‘writ large’ I’d recast the sentence. Clarity should always trump pedantry. And besides, it’s best to end sentences with words that have an impact; URLs are mere textual floatsam… end your sentences with solid stuff.