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Subject:Zone Impr. Plan From:Mark Levinson <mark -at- CRABAPPLE -dot- BITNET> Date:Tue, 24 May 1994 17:41:01 IDT
Frankly, if I saw "Tex." in a document (as opposed to "TX"),
I'd assume I was looking at rather old and undoubtedly inaccurate and
outdated information.
** I thought we started out talking about addresses. I wouldn't
want to see TX anywhere except in a postal address. When it
comes to the really long 'uns like Massachusetts, I wouldn't
mind seeing the middle-length alternative (e.g. Mass.) used
as an abbreviation in something like a list or table.
(At least once, I've encountered someone who supposed that
MA stood for Maryland.)
Similarly, I'd find N.Y. very acceptable wherever an abbreviation
is acceptable at all, except on an envelope-- where NY is de rigueur.
In a non-postal context I think it's worth thinking twice, hard,
before you abbreviate a shortie like Texas or Ohio at all.
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