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Use of "." following the abbreviation Mr
Not really a Word question I admit, but lots of people here make their
living putting words together so I thought I would get a hit. Yesterday I was informed by a person, who I consider to be very bright, that the use of a period "." following the abbreviation "Mr" was superfluous. I use American English, not very well I freely admit, and from earliest memory Mister has been abbreviated as Mr. with a period. There is Mr. McGoo, Mr. Rogers, and of course the horse Mr. Ed. Could all of this been a conspiracy to lead Amercia's youth down a lifelong path of superfluous period useage? Please advise. |
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Use of "." following the abbreviation Mr
On 14 Nov 2005 04:30:31 -0800, "Greg" wrote:
Not really a Word question I admit, but lots of people here make their living putting words together so I thought I would get a hit. Yesterday I was informed by a person, who I consider to be very bright, that the use of a period "." following the abbreviation "Mr" was superfluous. I use American English, not very well I freely admit, and from earliest memory Mister has been abbreviated as Mr. with a period. There is Mr. McGoo, Mr. Rogers, and of course the horse Mr. Ed. Could all of this been a conspiracy to lead Amercia's youth down a lifelong path of superfluous period useage? Please advise. Hi Greg, As in many other specifics, US English usage of periods in abbreviations differs from that in almost all other parts of the English-speaking world. This is one of the things that drives the 'Softies nuts -- how do you design a program that works equally well for the US market and for Canada, Britain, Australia, and all the folks in other parts of the world who use English as the common language of commerce? It ain't easy, Magoo. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Use of "." following the abbreviation Mr
It depends on your background. I'm accustomed to using military/industry
standards. Periods are only used with an abbreviation when that abbreviation could be misread as a word. (If you visit the US Post Office website and pop in an address, it will give you the preferred format - no punctuation.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Greg" wrote in message oups.com... Not really a Word question I admit, but lots of people here make their living putting words together so I thought I would get a hit. Yesterday I was informed by a person, who I consider to be very bright, that the use of a period "." following the abbreviation "Mr" was superfluous. I use American English, not very well I freely admit, and from earliest memory Mister has been abbreviated as Mr. with a period. There is Mr. McGoo, Mr. Rogers, and of course the horse Mr. Ed. Could all of this been a conspiracy to lead Amercia's youth down a lifelong path of superfluous period useage? Please advise. |
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