Avoid all such abbreviations as the following: St. for Street; Ave. for Avenue; Apart. for Apartments; Chi. for Chicago; Phila. for Philadelphia.
| Wrong: Hardie Apart., Pbg.,
Pa. |
| Right: Hardie Apartments,
Pittsburg, Pa. |
Do not use the sign # before the street number.
Do not omit the word Street.
| Wrong: 229 Market. |
| Right: 229 Market Street. |
Do not write the date thus: 9/10/10. Represent the numbers by figures, not words. See §§ 75 and 76. Do not use st., rd., etc., after the number of the day.
| Wrong: | 9/8/09. |
| Right: | September 8, 1909. |
| Wrong: | September the Ninth, Nineteen Hundred and Nine. |
| Right: | September 9, 1909. |
| Wrong: | March 10th, 1910. |
| Right: | March 10, 1910. |
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