Which does not necessarily resolve the matter! For instance, should one abbreviate "Street" as "St" or "St."? Either is compatible: "S[tree]t" or "St[reet]." In practice one sees both.
And "St" could also be "Saint", as in "St Andrew's St" ... Ted. On Tue, 2017-11-21 at 09:16 +0000, Denis M. Wilson wrote: > Going back to shortened words, New Hart's Rules (OUP), states that an > abbreviation (trailing letters removed) is followed by a period, eg > Prof. whereas a contraction (other letters removed) is not, eg Mrs > > Maybe UK English only... > > Denis > > On Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:55:05 +1100 (AEDT) > Damian McGuckin <dami...@esi.com.au> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Nov 2017, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > > > > > At 2017-11-20T11:35:13+0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > >> Hi Branden, > > >> > > >>> Are you familiar with the U.K. practice[3] that says an > > >>> abbreviation doesn't get a period if the abbreviation ends with > > >>> the final letter of the abbreviated word? > > >> > > >> Nothing has been brought to a stop, unlike, say, Prof. Moriarty. > > >> > > >>> [3] en_GB: practise > > >> > > >> We English use practice for the noun, and practise for the verb. > > >> Just like advice and advise. > > > > > > Curioser and curiouser! I have seen practise used in practise as a > > > noun many times. Here's a prestigious example: > > > > > > https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642391644 > > > > > In this case I am taking prestige as proportional to price tag. ;-) > > > > Sadly it is US variant. Look at the URL. > > > > English as spoken by most of the world has lots of examples where > > 'ice' is for the noun and 'ise' is the verb. Like licence/license. > > > > Noah Webster pushed for spelling reform after he published his 1828 > > American Dictionary of the English Language. Those reforms only > > really took off in the US. I could say the rest of the world was > > smart enough to largely ignore Webster's efforts but English has so > > many irregularities cause by its roots in Latin and Greek, that his > > ideas are not without merit. > > > > Also, when spelling programs came out, Webster's digital copy of > > their words was $100 and the British Oxford was over $5000. It does > > not take a genius to figure out which one dominates a lot of software > > tools. The rules used by these tools to create British spelling from > > an American English database often leave a lot to be desired. > > > > When in doubt, check the Oxford dictionary or better still, there is > > also Fowler's Modern English Usage. > > > > Regards - Damian > > > > Pacific Engineering Systems International, 277-279 Broadway, Glebe > > NSW 2037 Ph:+61-2-8571-0847 .. Fx:+61-2-9692-9623 | unsolicited email > > not wanted here Views & opinions here are mine and not those of any > > past or present employer > > > >
