As well as want of heart.”—Hood.
“It is a great evil not to be able to bear an evil.”—Bion.
REMARK.
A period should always be placed after the title of an essay, oration, after a signature, an address of a person, &c.
Rule II. Abbreviations.—A period should be used after every abbreviation.
EXAMPLES.
Dr. Samuel A. Jones. Mr. C. R. Miller. Mrs. T. S. Applegate. Miss Hattie E. Knapp.
- Esq., Esquire.
- Jan., January.
- Mich., Michigan.
- Hon., Honorable.
- Pro tem., for the time being.
- Ans., Answer.
- D. D., Doctor of Divinity.
- B. C., before Christ.
- Rev., Reverend.
- P., page; pp., pages.
- Pres., President.
- Rec. Sec., Recording Secretary.
- N. Y., New York.
- A. D., in the year of our Lord.
- A. M., Master of Arts.
- M. C., Member of Congress.
- No., in number, number.
- Co., County.
- &c. or etc., and so forth.
REMARKS.
1. It should be remembered that the period thus used, simply indicates an abbreviation, and that punctuation marks are to be used, in addition to the period, when required. When a word, written in full, requires a punctuation mark after it, the same punctuation mark should be used after the word, when it is abbreviated; as, Adrian, Michigan, January 5, 1877; Adrian, Mich., Jan. 5, 1877.