On 7/13/2014 2:59 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 07:52:38PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 7/11/2014 5:06 PM, Brian wrote: >>> On Fri 11 Jul 2014 at 16:33:52 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> >>>> On 7/11/2014 3:25 PM, Brian wrote: >>>> >>>>> You are going to hate me for this: there is no "." after Mr; it is a >>>>> contraction. (Off-topic is that way ----------->). >>>>> >>>> >>>> No, it's an abbreviation, not a contraction. As a contraction it would >>>> be M'r. > > LOL, nice try! Consider versus - vs, it's not v's ! >
Here it's vs. - as in Smith vs. Jones. Look at the documentation for any court case. >> But then that is standard English, not British :) > > But of all the standards, *why* does America always choose a different > one and then expect the rest of the world to follow? > Why do the British keep changing the rules? "Mr.", for instance, goes back to at least the 1700's. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/53c26f44.7070...@attglobal.net
