By Abbreviations, British English

In British English p. stands for 'page' and pp. 'for pages', so Ant is correct when he says that the plural of p. is pp. Here is an example from a book, and below the definition from a dictionary.p (PAGE) noun plural ppWRITTEN ABBREVIATION FOR page (PAPER)See p. 27.The references...

JaCKo__007 wrote: A coma question! I've found that American based writers use commas after 'i.e.', but what of it in British English and does it then apply to eg. as well? Does a comma go after i.e. or e.g.? Both abbreviations i.e. and e.g. are preceded by a mark of punctuation, usually a...

Goodman wrote: Fleder, "Mr Tom" in British English- Are you sure of that? Or you just think you are correct? "Mr." is the abbrivation of "mister" and all abbrivations by rule should have a "period" or "stop" at the end, no matter it's BrE or AmE. It's like "F.B.I" and "The U.N.". Don't be...

Goodman wrote: Fleder, "Mr Tom" in British English- Are you sure of that? Or you just think you are correct? "Mr." is the abbrivation of "mister" and all abbrivations by rule should have a "period" or "stop" at the end, no matter it's BrE or AmE. It's like "F.B.I" and "The U.N.". Don't be...

You need to be clear on the difference between advertising and advertisments/adverts. Advertising is the process. An advertisement/advert is one part of their advertising campaign. You cannot change advertising into advertisement in the 1st sentence. It seems that advert is not acceptable in...

Is there any way of abbreviating the term "telephone number" which is recognised as more correct in British English than other ways? I've seen "Phone 12345", "Phone: 12345", "Tel. 12345", Tel.: 12345" and others, and am wondering which one to choose for letterheads.Also, are country code, area...

Hi Nef, Once again, please forgive me for quoting you in a clumsy way. This also makes learning English so exciting; you need to learn British English, Canadian English, Caribbean English, Nigerian English, Australian English... You have a lot more energy than I do, but that's good. I...

Patricklui wrote: Hello I am new to here. My mother tongue is Cantonese and I like to polish my English. It's known that English has two different versions : spoken and written. I have been learning English since I was a child and my written English is not too bad because this is what I have...

Hi, I'd like to know whether the abbreviation "Inc." is the American equivalent for British "Ltd." 'Inc' means 'incorporated, as a corporation'. ' Ltd.' refers to a company, with limited liablility. I think what you are really asking is about the difference between a company and a corporation....

Hi people! I'd like to know whether the abbreviation "Inc." is the American equivalent for British "Ltd." And here's another question: If we should translate a legal document containing this word, from British English to American English (or viceversa), should we keep the term as part of the...