User talk:Sam Korn/Archive1

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ClockworkTroll 16:14, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks very much!

Smoddy 17:56, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

What do you mean?

You wrote me: "Perhaps we should also think that "St" is better than "St.", on account of this general convention: when the final letter is present, this contracted form does not need a full stop (or period, depending on which side of the Atlantic you originate)."

This is not the rule I learned in school. (At least in English. In French, I understand, they do have such a rule.) I learned always to put a period in. Perhaps this is the rule they use in the UK, and would account for all the "Mr" and "Dr" I see without the period. But in the USA, periods are always used in appreviations, except for acronyms/initialisms. -- BRG 21:20, Nov 9, 2004 (UTC)

OK, perhaps I am displaying my own position relative to the Atlantic here. I'll bow to Misplaced Pages convention here! Smoddy 21:46, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC) 21:46, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)