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Sunday, January 12, 2020
Blog #10 of my learning from #TheChicagoManualOfStyle.<\/strong>
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A short topic today. Abbreviations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acronym: <\/strong>Short forms based on initial letters and read\nas single word. Ex: AIDS, NASA, Scuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initialism: <\/strong>Terms read as series of letters. Ex: IRS, NBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contractions: <\/strong>Include first and last initial. Mr. Amt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Usage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chicago recommends spelling out abbreviations unless present in a tables, bibliographies, and parenthetical references. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Format<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Use periods for abbreviations that end in lowercase letter. E.g., a.k.a., a.m., p.m., Ms., Dr., vol. <\/li>
  2. Initials within a name take periods unless the entire name is abbreviated. JFK takes no periods, but J. K. Rowling does.<\/li>
  3. Abbreviation containing more than two capital letters takes no periods too: PhD, VP, SAFe<\/li>
  4. British and French omit periods from contractions like Dr, etc.<\/li>
  5. Certain abbreviations have a slash instead like c\/o, n\/a.<\/li>
  6. Initialisms<\/strong> tend to be all caps. LCD, UNICEF, NAFTA<\/li>
  7. A or an is determined by the first sound.\u00a0 An HMO. A NATO member.<\/li>
  8. The US Military <\/strong>omits periods and capitalizes their ranks<\/strong>. But traditional form differs as follows: CPT or Capt.<\/li>
  9. Civil titles: Asst. Prof.<\/li>
  10. Academic titles<\/strong>: MS is same as master of science. Note the case.<\/li>
  11. Media companies<\/strong> are all caps with no periods. ABC NBC MTV WTTW<\/li>
  12. For United States and its states, spell out except for DC (especially when a state follows a city, spell). In a table, bibliography, and mailing addresses, they are abbreviated with postal code. Following is the difference between postal code abbreviation and traditional: FL vs Fla. GU vs Guam OK vs Okla. Same rule applies to Canadian provinces.<\/em><\/li>
  13. No comma between postal code (of state) and zip code. <\/li>
  14. United States should be spelled out in the noun form, but a US athlete is acceptable in the adjective form.<\/li>
  15. Compass directions are caps with no period. NE, NW.<\/li>
  16. Spell out months unless space restrictions where they would be abbreviated as follows: Jan. May. Dec. Sept. <\/li>
  17. Spell out days of the week unless space restrictions. Mon. Tues. Sat. Follow these in formal prose, in a table, drop the period.<\/li>
  18. Time zones are capitalized with no period. EST<\/li>
  19. The US units are identical in singular and plural form. 10 yd. 5 lb. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    My Takeaway<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Please refer to the Chicago Manual of Style for a complete list of abbreviations broken by category. My takeaway from this chapter is the presence or omission of a period based on the case of the abbreviation (rule 1-3 above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Next week, also down to the basics. We\u2019ll\nlearn about parts of a book. Chapter 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Source: The Chicago Manual of Style<\/em>, SEVENTEEN\nEDITION.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sunday, January 12, 2020 Blog #10 of my learning from #TheChicagoManualOfStyle. A short topic today. Abbreviations. Definitions Acronym: Short forms based on initial letters and read as single word. Ex: AIDS, NASA, Scuba. Initialism: Terms read as series of letters. Ex: IRS, NBA Contractions: Include first and last initial. Mr. Amt. Usage Chicago recommends spelling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809,"parent":1807,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6kaFb-vc","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions\/1935"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookofdreams.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}