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Re: Degree abbreviations

Subject: Re: Degree abbreviations
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:29:29 -0400

Al Geist wrote:

I use the AP Style Guide for abbreviations; although, I'm sure you could
find the same rules in the Chicago Manual of Style or some other guide.
According to AP, academic abbreviations always have a period, including
M.D. MPH is acceptable without the periods because it is not an
abbreviation of a formal name.


Miles per hour is mph. M.P.H. is Master of Public Health and is as valid and formal a degree as M.D. (although I'm using periods here just to follow along with Al's use of AP (or is that A.P.) style. I typically eliminate all periods in degrees: AB, BA, MS, PhD, MD, ... Nobody has ever complained to me about it, and nobody has ever found it confusing.

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Degree abbreviations: From: Susan Hogarth
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