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One very common and important
punctuation
mark
( .
) looks like
a small, dark circle.
When this mark is
used with
numbers, it's called a point. When it's used
in e-mail and WWW addresses,
it's called a dot. In
other
situations, it's called a
period.
In American English, there
are many common
uses
for the period. One is for abbreviations
of titles,
for example
personal titles
professional titles
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Rev. |
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Gen. |
| Prof. |
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Fr. |
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Maj. |
| Asst. Prof. |
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Br. |
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Capt. |
| Assoc.
Prof. |
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Sr. |
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Sgt. |
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Lieut. |
| Pres. |
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Sen. |
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Adm. |
| Dir. |
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Rep. |
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| Asst. Dir. |
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Gov. |
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Lieut. Gov. |
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the Hon. |
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Special Notes
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Ms.
and Mr. are both
general.
Ms.
can
be used
with single women, married
women,
and when a woman's marital
status is unknown. Mr. can be
used with
single
men, married men, and when
a man's marital status
is unknown. |
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The professional titles given
above mean
Doctor, Professor, Assistant
Professor,
Assiociate Professor (academic
titles)
President, Director, Assistant
Director,
(business titles)
Reverend, Father, Brother,
Sister
(religious titles)
Senator, Representative,
Governor,
Lieutenant Governor, the
Honorable
(government
titles)
General, Major, Captain, Sergeant,
Lieutenant, Admiral (military titles)
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The title Dr.
is used for both
medical,
doctors and for people who
have an
academic
doctor's degree
(PhD, EdD,
JD, and so on. |
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