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2 "Say, it took more than two minutes to deliver that book," remarked Dick
3 . "We were just getting ready to go on without you."
5 Common abbreviations shouldn't be warned about. Mr. and Mrs. are used for
6 individuals, as is Dr. and Mssrs. is used for a number of people. MSS. is
7 an abbreviation of manuscripts, whereas st. and lb. (and its plural lbs.)
8 are weights and ft. is for feet.
10 In more scholarly work, we have pp. for pages, cf. for confer (compare),
11 vs. for verses, vol. for volume (and its plural vols.), ed. for edition,
12 viz. for videlicet (that is), op. cit. for opus citatum est (already
13 cited), and chap. for chapter.
15 In mathematics, we come across deg. for degrees and min. for minutes. When
16 we turn to business, we might meet ltd. for limited and cent. and its
17 plural cents. for centum (hundred).
19 In more general usage, we have pm. for post meridiem (afternoon) and etc.
20 for et cetera (and others).
22 If we coin our own abbreviatn. then we should be warned about it exactly
23 once, no matter how many times that abbreviatn. is used.
25 Acronyms like M.P. shouldn't generate any warnings, unless we get confused
26 and write M .P. by mistake.
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30 . "We were just getting ready to go on without you."
31 Line 2 column 1 - Begins with punctuation?
33 If we coin our own abbreviatn. then we should be warned about it exactly
34 Line 21 column 30 - Extra period?
36 and write M .P. by mistake.
37 Line 25 column 13 - Spaced punctuation?