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

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From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_DELETECAPSmvps.org)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:54:12 +0100

I am a product of the English education system and I was taught to use
'periods' - we call them full stops - where words are abbreviated. The lack
of them in much writing is just a matter of sloppy practice. In much the
same way our offspring speak with Australan inflections thanks to Australian
soaps on UK TV :( 

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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> "Guy Worthington" <thunderbolt.20.guyw@spamgourmet.com> wrote in
> message news:u7jqrlpo0.fsf@spamgourmet.com...
>> 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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