Re: The correct way to abbreviate "Junior", is it all caps or Cap J a.

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From: Suzanne S. Barnhill (sbarnhill_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:30:15 -0500

That is the British system. In the United States, we retain the periods.
Without knowing where the OP is posting from, it is impossible to say which
would be considered correct. 

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"Guy Worthington" <thunderbolt.20.guyw@spamgourmet.com> wrote in message
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> garfield-n-odie  writes:
> > NQJames wrote:
>
> > > When addressing mail, which is the correct way to abbreviate JR.
> > >  Is it all caps or otherwise.
>
> Only the first letter of the abbreviation is capitalized.
>
> > John Q. Public, Jr.
>
> You're loading your abbreviation with too much stuff:
> If the last letter of the abbreviation is the same as
> the last letter of the original word, then there's no
> need for a period.  See:
>
> http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Abbreviation
>
> Examples:
>
> Mister = Mr     Missus = Mrs
>
> As opposed to the following (which have a period):
>
> Monsieur = M.    Professor  = Prof.
>
> It is also recommended that a comma is not used to
> separate the Jr from the last name.  See:
>
> http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/abbreviations.htm
>
> So "John Q. Public, Jr." should be:  John Q. Public Jr
>
> If we all do our bit, then we leave our kids our nicer,
> cleaner world with less punctuation.

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