FWIW -- 2014/07/12 6:07 "Brian" <a...@cityscape.co.uk>: > > On Fri 11 Jul 2014 at 16:33:52 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > > On 7/11/2014 3:25 PM, Brian wrote: > > > > > You are going to hate me for this: there is no "." after Mr; it is a
You could point, instead, to an appropriate I11N list, perhaps, as well? > > No, it's an abbreviation, not a contraction. As a contraction it would > > be M'r. > > Contractions *are* abbreviations. The reverse doesn't apply. > > Please say "e.g. Mr Smith". > > Louder, please. We cannot hear you. > > That's better. > > Now the difference between an abbreviation which is a contraction and > one which is not is clearer. > > Does the following make sense? > > Dr Moriarty, Prof. Andrews and Miss Gladstone all taught at the > University of St Andrews and worked at the BBC? BBC, eh? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mr?s=t&path=/ But read all the way down, note the nationality of the particular dictionaries referenced. (And if you want to double-check, go to the on-line Merriam Webster and Oxford dictionaries,, and, just for emphasis, note the Oxford American English entry, as well.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/caar43io+ng3ncohqq02tl+jvl_y8nvbsfbdd-rq3nyqmrob...@mail.gmail.com
