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- What is the origin of the British guv? Is it still used colloquially . . .
Guv is used by prisoners in the UK as a respectful (but informal, even friendly) form of address for male prison officers of all ranks Female officers are addressed as miss, regardless of their marital status
- formality - How do you abbreviate Government? - English Language . . .
We can try to control for gov (and gov uk, etc ) by looking only at the capitalized form, Gov vs Govt vs Gov't, in which we see Govt still has a bit of a lead, reinforcing Sven Yargs's answer 's preference for govt: My advice: don't abbreviate it unless you're pressed for space (such as in a diagram, table, or tweet)
- How to put possessive s after a full company name
This does show that an apostrophe can be attached to Ltd in this way, but in so far as the OP is seeking practical advice on how to deal with such names, the most important response to the question is the one given by Ms Bunting in a comment: 'There's no need to add Ltd or its equivalents every time you mention the company's name' In an article about a business one may, perhaps, state its
- orthography - Trade marks or trademarks? - English Language Usage . . .
0 What is the correct format to use when referring to trademarks in British English? Is "trademarks" generally preferable? I've seen both used in different contexts, the UK GOV page uses "trade marks", but I'm not sure Trade marks looks a little scruffy to me
- Why do we say GBP instead of UKP? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
UK v GB "UK" is normally the abbreviation for "United Kingdom", but as Wikipedia observes, "GB" is the ISO code for the United Kingdom It is also used as the international vehicle registration code It is actually the UK's country domain ( uk) that is the odd one out in terms of international codes, although:
- In British English, should it be licensee or licencee?
See this IP (intellectual property) from an official British government site: gov uk guidance licensing-intellectual-property Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed
- What exactly does up to 3 months before mean?
Source: gov uk Does it mean the latest I can apply for a visa is 3 months before the travel date, or the earliest I can apply for a visa is 3 months before the travel date?
- Department of or Department for - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Some ministerial departments of the UK government use 'of' in their name whilst others use 'for' What decides whether to use 'of' or 'for' in the department name?
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