test/compatibility/periods.tst
author ali <ali@juiblex.co.uk>
Sat Feb 18 23:07:09 2012 +0000 (2012-02-18)
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"Say, it took more than two minutes to deliver that book," remarked Dick
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. "We were just getting ready to go on without you."
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Common abbreviations shouldn't be warned about. Mr. and Mrs. are used for
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individuals, as is Dr. and Mssrs. is used for a number of people. MSS. is
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an abbreviation of manuscripts, whereas st. and lb. (and its plural lbs.)
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are weights and ft. is for feet.
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In more scholarly work, we have pp. for pages, cf. for confer (compare),
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vs. for verses, vol. for volume (and its plural vols.), ed. for edition,
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viz. for videlicet (that is), op. cit. for opus citatum est (already
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cited), and chap. for chapter.
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In mathematics, we come across deg. for degrees and min. for minutes. When
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we turn to business, we might meet ltd. for limited and cent. and its
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plural cents. for centum (hundred).
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In more general usage, we have pm. for post meridiem (afternoon) and etc.
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for et cetera (and others).
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If we coin our own abbreviatn. then we should be warned about it exactly
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once, no matter how many times that abbreviatn. is used.
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Acronyms like M.P. shouldn't generate any warnings, unless we get confused
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and write M .P. by mistake.
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**************** EXPECTED ****************
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. "We were just getting ready to go on without you."
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    Line 2 column 1 - Begins with punctuation?
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If we coin our own abbreviatn. then we should be warned about it exactly
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    Line 21 column 30 - Extra period?
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and write M .P. by mistake.
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    Line 25 column 13 - Spaced punctuation?