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Focus on Syntax
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Full stops close grammatically independent sentences.
I. They may or may not be used in:
• initial shortenings: U.K./UK; T. S. Eliot/T S Eliot;
• other abbreviations: prof./prof; etc./etc; doc./doc;
But the practice of using full stops in these cases is becoming less common.
II. A full stop is not usually used:
• in the abbreviations of words when they include the last letter of the word: Rd (Road , Ltd (Limited , St (Street
• for common sets of initials (the BBC; a UFO
• for acronyms (words in which initials are pronounced as a word : the NATO, AIDS, the UNO, the RAF.
Full stops are not used in newspaper headlines, in the titles of books and other works: Mid Summer Night’s Dream, New School to Be Built, Summit Talks.
36. Give abbreviations for the following. Check in a dictionary. Use full stops where they may appear.
1. the alphabet; 2. Home Box Office (a TV channel ; 3. laboratory; 4. Mister; 5. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (an international organization ; 6. please turn over (written at the bottom of the page to tell the reader to look at the next page ; 7. departure; 8. His Excellency (a title of important state officials ; 9. Member of Parliament; 10. post meridiem; 11. singular; 12. postscript (a note added at the end of a letter, giving more information ; 13. John Boynton Priestley; 14. George Bernard Shaw
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PUNCTUATION
Full stops close grammatically independent sentences.
I. They may or may not be used in:
• initial shortenings: U.K./UK; T. S. Eliot/T S Eliot;
• other abbreviations: prof./prof; etc./etc; doc./doc;
But the practice of using full stops in these cases is becoming less common.
II. A full stop is not usually used:
• in the abbreviations of words when they include the last letter of the word: Rd (Road , Ltd (Limited , St (Street
• for common sets of initials (the BBC; a UFO
• for acronyms (words in which initials are pronounced as a word : the NATO, AIDS, the UNO, the RAF.
Full stops are not used in newspaper headlines, in the titles of books and other works: Mid Summer Night’s Dream, New School to Be Built, Summit Talks.
36. Give abbreviations for the following. Check in a dictionary. Use full stops where they may appear.
1. the alphabet; 2. Home Box Office (a TV channel ; 3. laboratory; 4. Mister; 5. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (an international organization ; 6. please turn over (written at the bottom of the page to tell the reader to look at the next page ; 7. departure; 8. His Excellency (a title of important state officials ; 9. Member of Parliament; 10. post meridiem; 11. singular; 12. postscript (a note added at the end of a letter, giving more information ; 13. John Boynton Priestley; 14. George Bernard Shaw