Re: Degree abbreviations

Subject: Re: Degree abbreviations
From: Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:42:50 -0400


Dick Margulis wrote:

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.

Hi Dick,
Thanks for the info. Not working in the public health field, I assumed MPH
stood for miles per hour. Actually, mph (lower case) is the abbreviation
for miles per hour (or miles an hour). As you said, MPH (upper case) is the
abbreviation for Master of Public Health. I think the key here is
consistency. Set a style, periods or no periods, and stick with it through
all your documentation. Journalists may complain if it doesn't agree with
AP style, but we're a snooty bunch anyway.
Al

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References:
Degree abbreviations: From: Susan Hogarth
Re: Degree abbreviations: From: Al Geist
Re: Degree abbreviations: From: Dick Margulis

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