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10: Abbreviations
- Overview
- 10.1Abbreviations—additional resources
- 10.2Acronyms, initialisms, contractions
- 10.3When to use abbreviations
- 10.4Periods with abbreviations
- 10.5Space or no space between elements
- 10.6Capitals versus lowercase for acronyms and initialisms
- 10.7Italic versus roman type for abbreviations
- 10.8Small versus full-size capitals for acronyms and initialisms
- 10.9“A,” “an,” or “the” preceding an abbreviation
- 10.10Ampersands
- Names and Titles
- Personal Names and Titles
- 10.11Personal names
- 10.12Initials in personal names
- 10.13Abbreviating titles before names
- 10.14Civil titles
- 10.15US military titles
- 10.16Social titles
- 10.17French social titles
- 10.18“Reverend” and “Honorable”
- 10.19“Jr.,” “Sr.,” and the like
- 10.20Academic degrees
- 10.21Professional, religious, and other designations
- Firms and Companies
- Agencies and Organizations
- Saints and Personal Names with “Saint” or “St.”
- Geographical Terms
- 10.28US states and territories
- 10.29Canadian provinces and territories
- 10.30Comma with city plus state
- 10.31Place-names with “Fort,” “Mount,” “Saint,” and the like
- Names of Countries
- Addresses
- 10.34Mailing addresses—postal versus standard abbreviations
- 10.35Compass points in mailing addresses
- Compass Points, Latitude, and Longitude
- Designations of Time
- 10.38Other discussions
- 10.39Systems of chronology
- 10.40Months
- 10.41Days of the week
- 10.42Time of day
- Scholarly Abbreviations
- Biblical Abbreviations
- 10.45Biblical abbreviations—additional resources
- 10.46Books of the Bible in text and notes
- 10.47Biblical abbreviations and short forms—an overview
- 10.48The Old Testament
- 10.49The Apocrypha
- 10.50The New Testament
- 10.51Versions and sections of the Bible
- Technology and Science
- The International System of Units
- 10.54SI units
- 10.55SI units—form
- 10.56Base SI units
- 10.57SI prefixes
- 10.58Grams
- 10.59Derived units expressed algebraically
- 10.60Derived units with special names
- 10.61SI units and abbreviations—spacing
- 10.62Non-SI units accepted for use
- Astronomy
- 10.63Astronomy—additional resources
- 10.64Celestial coordinates
- 10.65Some other astronomical abbreviations
- Chemical Elements
- US Measure
- Business and Commerce
