Cobol scope terminators

All the scope terminators are great, but I especially like END-IF because it allows you to avoid programming in SENTENCES. IMO, the designers of Cobol took the natural language metaphor a bit too far when they introduced the concept of logic flow delimited by periods (aka "full stops").

IMO the lack of END-IF in early versions of Cobol severely damaged the reputation of the language. I think that is the reason why Dijsktra said:

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.”

END-IF is easily the most important innovation ever made to the language in the 28 years that I've been working with it.