To complete this lesson, complete the following tasks:
- Study the lesson for mastery.
- Memorize the abbreviations in the lesson.
- Complete the lesson Exam.
Lesson
Read the sentence below:
“Dr. Vinton is a brother of Gen. Vinton, and the father of Mrs. Noble.”
In this sentence, the first word is Doctor; but in writing it the first and last letters only have been used. This is a short way of writing a word, and is called an Abbreviation.
The word General is also abbreviated, the first three letters only being used.
In abbreviating the word Mistress, all the letters are omitted except the first, the fifth, and the last.
Note two things:
- We place a period after an abbreviation.
- Abbreviations generally begin with capital letters.
Study the abbreviations below:
- Dr. = Doctor
- Mr. = Mister
- Cr. = Credit
- St. = Saint or Street
- Mt. = Mount.
- Col. = Colonel
- Gen. = General
- Maj. = Major
- Lieut. = Lieutenant
- Co.= Company
- Esq. = Esquire
- Gov. = Governor
- Rev. = Reverend
- Hon. = Honorable
- Prof. = Professor
- Pres. = President
- Mrs. = Mistress
- Atty. = Attorney
- Capt. = Captain
- Supt. = Superintendent
- N.B. = Nota bene =
- A.M. = ante meridiem = before noon
- B.C. = before Christ
- U.S. = United States
- M.D. = Doctor of Medicine
- P.O. = Post Office
- P.S. = Post scriptum = postscript
- R.R. = railroad
- M. = meridiem = noon
- P.M. = Post meridiem = Afternoon
- A.D. = Anno Domini = In the year of our Lord
- C.O.D. = Collect on Delivery
- Bbl. = barrel
- Lb. = libra = pound
- Oz. = ounce
- No. = number
Note:
- The days of the week are abbreviated with the first three letters of their names.
- The months of the year are abbreviated with the first three letters of their names, except for May, June and July, which have no abbreviation, and September, which is abbreviated Sept.
Exam
- Elementary Grammar, Lesson 09 Exam