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