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.
This is interesting 'Abbreviations : Capital Letters and Abbreviations': http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/capsandabbr/abbr and Contractions : The Apostrophe http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/apostrophe/contractions -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- 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/20140713123145.GC11720@tal
