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Re: punctuated abbreviations // was english spelling reform

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, October 18, 2002, 10:26
Tristan scripsit:

> American practice is "Mr." and "Mrs." (and, presumably "Miss" and "Ms", > though I have seen "Ms."... I guess no vowel makes it look like an > abbreviation for something unwritable ('Miz'? 'Muz'? neither of which > end in an 's', so 'Ms' can't be an abbreviation anyway...)).
Ms. is the normal style. None of Mr., Mrs., and Ms. are really abbreviations any more, though, in any variety of English. They have completely separated from "master" and "mistress". -- De plichten van een docent zijn divers, John Cowan die van het gehoor ook. jcowan@reutershealth.com --Edsger Dijkstra http://www.ccil.org/~cowan