On 01/08/2010 19:47, Kathy Meyer wrote:
> I was told at one time that you should always use the word "county"
> following the actual county name anytime you did not have a city to
> precede it; otherwise, as you stated, one would assume that it was the
> city name, even if you had the leading commas to separate fields.

I'm not sure whether it is correct or not, but I always put the word
County in American locations when I know the county.  This is really
just for my benefit.

I always use "County" rather than "Co" though, because I avoid using
abbreviations, except in Short Location Names.


  a lot of
> people don't even know to put in the commas to designate a missing
> field.

And a lot of us just prefer not to use them!
--
Jenny M Benson



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