By Abbreviations, Punctuation

Hi,is this grammetrically grammatically correct?do u believe in intutions and ESP (extra sensory perception) kind of things, i always ignore them thinking mere coincidences.but the questions is ..are coincidences so frequent?No. In addition to grammar problems, your spelling is incorrect, you are...

Hi, 1. He studied very hard, however, he didn't pass the exam. 2. He studied very hard; however, he didn't pass the exam. 3. He studied very hard. However, he didn't pass the exam. I was wondering if it is alright to use #3 in one sentence and #2 on the other in one essay. Sure,...

Anonymous wrote:A.M. and P.M. are abbreviations for ante meridian and post meridian. They refer to morning (A.M.) and afternoon, evening and night (P.M.). They are commonly written as am or pm. They can be capitalized, lower case, with or without punctuation. The most common in American...

A.M. and P.M. are abbreviations for ante meridian and post meridian. They refer to morning (A.M.) and afternoon, evening and night (P.M.). They are commonly written as am or pm. They can be capitalized, lower case, with or without punctuation. The most common in American usage are am and pm,...

Hello, welcome to the forum. I just wanted to let you know that you are more likely to get a response if your post includes capital letters and punctuation, and avoids abbreviations like "how r u" and "plz." I don't mean to offend you -- but the people here are all volunteers, and we choose...

Analyse the formality of the article in SCMP It is indispensable for us to use an appropriate style when writing. There is no doubt that formal style should be practiced for newspaper as objectivity and impersonality are important. South China Morning Post is one of the most prevalent...

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...

Open punctuation has no punctuation after the salutation or complimentary closing, no commas in the addressee's address and no periods after abbreviations:The President of the United StatesWashington DC Dear Mr BushSincerely yoursClosed punctuation has punctuation after the salutation and...

Hi, This is an interesting point. As a child, I was taught to use a period after an ordinal number. eg Today is the 13th. of October. eg (on a letter) 13th. May, 2005 or May 13th., 2005 Unlike students today, we never asked 'Why?' I assume it was because it is a form of abbreviation, eg...

I have to disagree with matthewg - both of those examples look terrible, and both actually rely on the capitalization of 'Recent' to indicate a new sentence. My eye actually sees a period after 'evironment' and before the parenthesis (environment.) as indicating an abbreviation!People usually...