McoreD  +  385310 Thu, 28 Jun 07 12:31 PM Hi All, I have had this quite unsure for a while. Many people use it differently and I don't know what's the proper way. Suppose you want to write the name with initials of a person called Alfred Brad Chez Dean Eugendis. Here are three common ways people would write it. A. B. C. D. Eugendis A.B.C.D. Eugendis ABCD Eugendis What is the proper English way? Thanks, McoreD McoreD Joined on Mon, Nov 14 2005 Australia New Member 06

	Clive  +  385353 Thu, 28 Jun 07 02:17 PM Hi, Many people use it differently and I don't know what's the proper way. Suppose you want to write the name with initials of a person called Alfred Brad Chez Dean Eugendis. Here are three common ways people would write it. A. B. C. D. Eugendis A.B.C.D. Eugendis ABCD Eugendis What is the proper English way? When you write the names in full, you leave a space between each one. When you abbreviate a name to just an initial, you are just making the name shorter, which does not change the spacing. The period just represents the missing letters. ie Alfred Brad Chez Dean Eugendis.  =   A. B. C. D. Eugendis. However, in these days where computers are often used to print names, the periods are often omitted. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,668 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Abbreviations

	McoreD  +  385410 Thu, 28 Jun 07 04:27 PM Thanks, that was very helpful. I will start using this method from now on. What I wanted to name was A. R. Rahman the composer of the soundtrack Chayya Chayya in Die Hard (2006). It got my curiousity up. Appreciate all of your replies, McoreD McoreD