On 27 July 2011 22:00, Richard Fairhurst <[email protected]> wrote: > John Smith wrote: >> The period after St. is the correct way in English to abbreviate >> Saint, where as the abbreviation of street doesn't have a period. > > Not in British English, it isn't. > > "_Saint._ St or S. is better than St. for the abbreviation (see PERIOD IN > ABBR.); Pl. Sts or SS." > > That's from Fowler's Modern English Usage, which is as close as there is to > an authority in British English style.
It seems 50/50, although even your reference basically says it's an acceptable practice, even if that publisher had a style preference that was different. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
