On 21/03/07, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Incidentally, the abbreviations for "Mister" and "Doctor" are "Mr" and > "Dr" respectively. i.e. with no terminal ".", which is applied only to > show where letters have been omitted at the end of the word - so the > abbreviation for "Company" is indeed "Co.".
Modern usage does not require a "." when letters are omitted. M.P. for example looks fussy and pedantic to me - MP is fine, and what you will find in most newspapers these days. -- Nigel Stanley
