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- State Abbreviations: List of All 50 U. S State Abbreviations in English
State abbreviations! Following is a list of 50 state abbreviations in English with both the postal and the traditional abbreviations you might need State Abbreviations State Abbreviations List: Postal Abbreviations …
- etymology - What are the patterns rules for determining U. S. state . . .
Note that Missouri's abbreviation MO appears to be a historical anomaly dating back to at least 1831, deriving from the fact that both it and Mississippi start with MISS and end in I O is the first distinct letter to Missouri's spelling, and Mississippi presumably got precedence for MS because it achieved statehood in 1817 whereas Missouri
- Important Abbreviation Acronym List in English You Should Learn
Learn the difference between abbreviations and acronyms, and check out a handy list of everyday examples! Improve your English grammar and communication skills with easy explanations and common shortened terms
- Accepted way to abbreviate cities that have Saint in their name
The “Saint” part of the city of Saint John is traditionally not abbreviated in common spelling in order to differentiate it from St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, another city in Canada whose name usually uses this abbreviation This seems to imply that, in Canada anyway, St actually is an abbreviation of a longer legal name
- Are w o, w , b c common abbreviations in the US?
English writing often uses slashes to form two-letter abbreviations, plus the one-letter w – some examples, roughly in order of frequency: I O – “input output” w – “with” c o – “care of” A C – “air conditioning” w o – “without” R C – “remote control” b c – “because” Like most abbreviations, these are less common in formal writing, although some of
- differences - Versus versus vs. in writing - English Language . . .
In writing, when should one use the abbreviation vs as opposed to the full versus? This abbreviation seems to have special status from common usage What is the origin of that, and in what writing
- Is there a standard symbol for denoting a chapter in a citation . . .
When citing like [Source, ch number], is there a particular symbol that could or should replace the "ch " abbreviation?
- Usage of p. versus pp. versus pg. to denote page numbers and page . . .
The APA style of referencing, which I have most frequently used, requires that p is used for single page references or citations (Book Title, p 13) while for multiple pages you must cite it as (pp 35-40) So p stands for page, pp stands for pages I have not encountered pg to be used, but I do use it in informal note taking
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