Abbreviations

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Abbreviations

• 5-10
• P. 268

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• A shortened form of a word is called an
  abbreviation.
• Initials are a form of abbreviation.
• Titles used before a persons name as well as the
  names of states and months can be abbreviations.
• Most but not all abbreviations begin with a
  capital letter and end with a period.
• If you are unsure about a abbreviation, check a
  dictionary.

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Names Mr. Mister
Addresses St. street
Businesses Co. company
Organizations SBA- Small Business Administration
State Names SD- South Dakota
Days Mon. Monday
Months Jan. January
Units of Measure Mph- miles per hour
Time A.M.- midnight to noon
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• To save space in addresses and names of
  businesses, you can use abbreviations for some
  words.
• Periods do not usually appear after abbreviations
  for organizations, and all the letters are
  capitals.
• The United States Postal Service uses capitalized
  two-letter abbreviation with no period for each
  state.

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• Do not abbreviate the months of May, June, and
  July.
• Do not capitalize or use periods after
  abbreviations for units of measure. The only
  exception is the abbreviation for inch, which is
  followed by a period.
• If you use the abbreviation for a unit of
  measure, then you should use a numeral with it.

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How would you use abbreviations in each item?

1. High School 89
2. Thursday
3. April 9
4. Mister Logan
5. Route 189
6. Data, Incorporated
7. February 14
8. John Ray Jenks Senior
9. 8 feet
10. Grand Boulevard
11. Arlington, Texas
12. 9 inches
13. Doctor Peter J. Shea
14. Mount Mckinley

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Numbers

• When writing sentences, always spell out numbers
  under one hundred.
• Use numerals for numbers over one hundred except
  for even hundreds.
• There are eighty-two students present.
• There are 182 students in my school.
• There were two hundred students last year.

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• Always spell out a number that begins a sentence.
  
• One hundred thirty-five students attended the
  meeting.
• Spell out expressions of time when you use the
  word oclock. Use numerals, however, when the
  time is followed by A.M. or P.M. or is used alone
  as an exact time.
• Lets meet at seven oclock.
• We came at 6 P.M.
• We took the 215 train.

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• Use numerals to refer to large sections of
  writing or lines within the section.
• Chapter 6
• Unit 9

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Which numbers in these sentences should be
spelled out? Which should be written as numerals?

• 15. Arent there more than 45 people in the tour
  group.
• 16. Everyone must catch the bus at 3 oclock
  exactly.
• 17. We leave in 25 minutes, according to page 2
  of the schedule.
• 18. 7 minutes later, 12 additional people had
  arrived.
• 19. All 61 were there by 323 P.M., 2 minutes
  before the bus left.
• 20. The bus arrived at the park at five P.M., and
  we joined one hundred and twenty other people for
  the tour.
• 21. About 400 people have taken the tour over the
  past 3 weeks.

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Write these items using correct abbreviations.

• 22. Mister Chan
• 23. Barstow, California
• 24. Wednesday
• 25. Apartment 4B
• 26. Jenkins Company
• 27. Rand High School
• 28. Mister Jon Ross Senior
• 29. December 30
• 30. thirteen inches
• 31. 8 feet
• 32. Saturday, January 14
• 33. Central Intelligence Agency