plural for Dr.

Robert Brody

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Jan 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/11/98

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Hi. If I wanted to write the plural for the abbrevation for doctor,
would I write "Drs." with a period, or "Drs" without a period? E.g.,
Drs. Smith and Jones, or, Drs Smith and Jones.

Thanks for your help.

Bob

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janissary

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Jan 11, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/11/98

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Robert Brody wrote in message
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>Hi. If I wanted to write the plural for the abbrevation for doctor,
>would I write "Drs." with a period, or "Drs" without a period? E.g.,
>Drs. Smith and Jones, or, Drs Smith and Jones.

In the US (and Canada?) it is the practice to put periods after such
abbreviations be they singular or plural. The practice in Britain is
to omit them.

USA GB
Mr. and Mrs. Jones Mr and Mrs Jones
Dr. Joyce Johnson Dr Joyce Johnson
i.e., ca., etc. ie, ca, etc

I was born and raised in the US so my dialect is American English but
having lived and worked overseas for so many years with Brits I've
picked up this punctuation habit myself. (But not spelling: I still
write "humor" and "theater".)

Bob

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Debbie & Phil Archer

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Jan 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/15/98

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Evening all... (well it's evening for me!)

The full stop indicates that the preceeding group of letters is an
abbreviation, therefore, it should be included and go after the s, making it
"Drs." However, I think it would be preferable to write the word out in full
(doctors) if used in the middle of a text, especially if it only occurs in
the text infrequently.

Phil Archer
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John Doherty

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Jan 15, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/15/98

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janissary (tig...@doruk-net.tr) wrote:
: Robert Brody wrote in message
(blahblahblah...)
: I was born and raised in the US so my dialect is American English but

: having lived and worked overseas for so many years with Brits I've
: picked up this punctuation habit myself. (But not spelling: I still
: write "humor" and "theater".)

How about "colour"? :)

: Bob

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: ... What's the plural of "Ms"?

... i think it's "chicks" ;)

j/k,
.johnnie

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JUST AN H

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Jan 18, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/18/98

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What's your pointe, Sir?

JUST AN H

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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At the law firm in which I work, our correspondence is generally one-on-one,
but we write "Drs." when appropriate.

Speaking of law and forms of address: One of my pet peeves are attorneys who
refer to themselves in correspondence (and worse, advertising) as "John Smith,
Esq." The use of "Esq." is a proper form of address by anybody TO an attorney,
but not BY an attorney when referring to him/herself.

One writes, "John Smith, Esq." and then, "Dear Mr. Smith," John Smith, Esq. in
turn signs his letters and pleadings, "John Smith".

Nick Pickard

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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In Britain, I believe that you don't use a full stop after an abbreviation
when the abbreviation contains the last letter of the word; hence "Dr" and
"Drs" but "Rev." and "Prof." Similarly "Rd" for "road" but "Ave." for
"Avenue". (I guess the usage for "street" depends on whether you think
that "St" uses the first or the second "t"!)

In article <69ltco$sgp$1...@mendelevium.btinternet.com>, "Debbie & Phil
Archer" <Arc...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> The full stop indicates that the preceeding group of letters is an
> abbreviation, therefore, it should be included and go after the s, making it
> "Drs."

> Robert Brody wrote in message <34b84460...@news.earthlink.net>...