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Guest  [More info]
which is wrong , which is right
Unit 3 (cont.)
Unit 3 (cont'd)
Can you help me ?
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+1 matthewg  [More info]
Hi,

They both right. Which one you'd use is a question of stylistic preference. The first is abbreviation by omission, the second is abbreviation by contraction.
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+1 by Guest [More info]
"They both right?" Shouldn't that be "They both be right?" Wink [;)]



 
+1 by matthewg [More info]
Thanks for pointing it out. I didn't notice that typo. It should read They're both right.
 
+1 by Anonymous [More info]
What about ctd as an abbreviation for continued?
 
+1 Clive  [More info]

Hi,

What about ctd as an abbreviation for continued?

No. I usually see cont. 

Best wishes, Clive
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Really?  I see "ctd" a lot in academic footnotes.
 
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what about con't.  for the abbreviation of continued?
 
+1 by Anonymous [More info]
con't wouldn't work grammatically...

the apostrophe is used in place of a missing letter, there is no letter missing between n and t in continued...
 
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