Periods after abbreviations

[Duane Campbell]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:13:03 -0400 Damien Hall
<halldj at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU> writes:

> For me, prescriptively, if I might be so bold, no abbreviation
> should have a
> period after it unless that period actually replaces letters, so
> correct forms
> are:
>
> Ms      [etc]

Perhaps this is just to counterbalance the Brits' compulsive overuse of
commas.

D

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