10: Abbreviations
- Abbreviations—additional resources
- Acronyms, initialisms, contractions
- When to use abbreviations
- Periods with abbreviations
- Abbreviations and spaces
- Capitals versus lowercase for acronyms and initialisms
- Capitals versus lowercase for spelled-out acronyms and initialisms
- Italic versus roman type for abbreviations
- Small versus full-size capitals for acronyms and initialisms
- “A,” “an,” or “the” preceding an abbreviation
- Abbreviations beginning a sentence
- Abbreviations containing ampersands
- Abbreviations for personal names
- Initials in personal names
- Abbreviating titles before names
- Abbreviations for civil titles
- Abbreviations for military titles
- Abbreviations for social titles
- Abbreviations for French social titles
- Abbreviations for “Reverend” and “Honorable”
- Abbreviations for “Junior,” “Senior,” and the like
- Abbreviations for the names of saints
- Abbreviations for academic degrees
- Abbreviations for professional, religious, and other designations
- Abbreviations related to race and ethnicity
- Abbreviations related to gender identity and sexual orientation
- Abbreviations related to health and disability status
- Commonly used generic abbreviations for firms and companies
- Abbreviations and ampersands in company names
- Abbreviations for media companies
- Abbreviations for associations and the like
- Abbreviations for US states and territories
- Abbreviations for Canadian provinces and territories
- Comma with city plus state abbreviation
- Abbreviations for place-names with “Fort,” “Mount,” and “Saint”
- Abbreviating country names
- “US” versus “United States”
- Mailing addresses—postal versus standard abbreviations
- Abbreviations for compass points in mailing addresses
- Abbreviations for compass points
- Abbreviations for “latitude” and “longitude”
- Other discussions related to time
- Abbreviations for chronological eras
- Abbreviations for months
- Abbreviations for days of the week
- Abbreviations for time of day
- Abbreviations for time zones
- Scholarly abbreviations
- A few scholarly symbols
- Biblical abbreviations—an overview
- Abbreviations for the Old Testament
- Abbreviations for the Apocrypha
- Abbreviations for the New Testament
- Abbreviations for versions and sections of the Bible
- Miscellaneous technical abbreviations
- Statistical abbreviations
- SI units—overview
- SI units—form
- Plurals for SI units
- SI base units
- Kilogram versus gram as SI base unit
- SI prefixes
- Units derived from SI base units
- SI units and abbreviations—spacing
- Non-SI units accepted for use
- Astronomical abbreviations—additional resources
- Celestial coordinates
- Some other astronomical abbreviations
- Naming conventions for chemical elements
- Common mathematical signs and symbols
- Sentence beginning with a mathematical symbol
- Periods with abbreviations of US measure
- Plural forms for abbreviations of US measure
- US abbreviations for length, area, and volume
- US abbreviations for weight and capacity
- US and general abbreviations for time
- Commercial abbreviations—some examples
- Social abbreviations and emojis