short hanf for "respectively"

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exciter

#366065 Wed, 16 May 07 05:59 PM

Hello,

I am writing an academic paper for a journal.

Would it be appropriate to shorthand "respectively" as "resp."?

Thank you in advance.

exciter

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Clive

#366067 Wed, 16 May 07 06:04 PM

Hi,

I am writing an academic paper for a journal.

Would it be appropriate to shorthand "respectively" as "resp."?

Does anyone else do that in articles that are published in this journal?

It doesn't sound like a good idea to me, and I don't see it as a standard abbreviation. Why not just write the full word? The abbreviation does not seem very much shorter.

Best wishes, Clive

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Yankee

#366078 Wed, 16 May 07 06:21 PM

Hi Exciter

Are you by any chance German?
Your question reminds me of what my German students always wanted to write. There is a similar word in German, so my students always wanted to abbreviate 'respectively' as they would do in German. Unfortuately, this is not a commonly abbreviated word in English.

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