To: Cyber Liberty
I’ve always wondered about that rule.
How about if a sentence ends with a word that has a period such as Jr., etc., Mrs.?
Do you write it as ‘etc..’ or ‘Mr..’?
48 posted on
12/24/2013 10:12:40 AM PST by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
To: Jack Hydrazine
I don’t know. I’ve never seen two periods in general use, so I think in that case the period gets sucked into the abbreviation.
54 posted on
12/24/2013 10:25:09 AM PST by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: Jack Hydrazine
Three dots is the accepted rule.
74 posted on
12/24/2013 11:15:51 AM PST by
Beagle8U
(Unions are Affirmative Action for Slackers! .)
To: Jack Hydrazine; Cyber Liberty
77 posted on
12/24/2013 11:19:36 AM PST by
Beagle8U
(Unions are Affirmative Action for Slackers! .)
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