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Re: Kings Cross & St. Pancras, London |
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Posted by Fytton on Fri Nov 6 14:15:45 2009, in response to Re: Kings Cross & St. Pancras, London, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Nov 5 19:11:18 2009. 'What's with the recent language revision that took away the "full stop" in abbreviations such as "Dr." and "Mr." . . . ?'It isn't recent. One of the professions I've practised during my life is copy-editor and proofreader. (And yes, I know there are often typos in my posts here. I'm too old to be born-digital!) When I was taught the trade in 1967 or so, the ruling was (and it still is) that if the last letter of the abbreviation is the same as the last letter of the full word, then there is no full stop - hence Dr and Mr - whereas if the last letter is not that of the full word - as in Prof. or Rev. - the full stop is used. |
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