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- Correct abbreviation of engineer - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the correct abbreviation of engineer? In my organization, some of my colleagues use Eng and some use Engr
- What is the name of this type of word: Mr. , Ms. , Dr. ?
What is this type of word called: Mr , Ms , Dr ? In the document I am using, it is referred to as the "prefix", but I don't think that is correct
- Which is correct Dr. or Dr? [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
Recently, I was reading articles on the net and realised that there is a lot of ambiguity over the usage of Dr and Dr, Er and Er etc I usually prefer the dot while writing Doctor (Dr ) or Engin
- Where does ta! come from? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Where does the expression "ta" come from? Wikipedia has only this to say: "ta!", slang, Exclam Thank you! {Informal}, an expression of gratitude but no additional information or links about its
- What is the correct abbreviation for the word numbers?
What is the correct abbreviation for the words numbers and number? Nos No Nos No Possible example usage: "Number of guests" where the word number is abbreviated "Numbers 10–15 are located in the
- abbreviations - Should I write PhD or Ph. D. ? - English Language . . .
Question pretty self-explanatory Should the abbreviation of the Latin term philosophiae doctor be written as PhD (no periods) or Ph D (with periods)?
- When should the word English be capitalized?
I am often confused how the word "English" should be written in phrases such as "English language", because I have seen both variants: capitalized and starting with lowercase letter What is the m
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