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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. Besides abbreviations of titles, the
period
is
also used for many other types of abbreviations. One
group of abbreviations
is used for time:
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Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
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May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
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Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
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Sun.
Mon.
Tues.
Wed.
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Thurs.
Fri.
Sat.
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Special Notes
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Because May has only three letters, it is
not abbreviated.
Many people also do not
abbreviate June and July (because
like
May, the names of these months are short). |
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Most of the names of the days
of the week
also
have one-letter
abbreviations:
S, M, T, W, F
But note that
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H is often used as a one-letter
abbreviation for
Thursday. |
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On
calendars that show Sunday
as the first day
of the week, S can
be
used for both Sarturday
and
Sunday. On calendars that do not
show Sunday as the first day of
the week,
S is usually used for
Sunday, while Sat is usually
used for Saturday. |
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