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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Do Brits spell UK with periods? U.K. or UK?
As a U.S. based office, we deal with a London office and we put periods between UK as U.K. They insist it is not correct in the United kingdom to write it this way. Is that true?
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uk and I couldn't find any periods in abbreviations at all: UK, US, EU and so on. O. S.
- uk and I couldn't find any periods in abbreviations at all: UK, US, EU and so on.
- O.
- S.
- government's official web portal.
- ) Regards, Dave
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Hi
I would say that UK writers do not use periods in this way at all nowadays
The official government website for the UK is at direct.gov.uk and I couldn't find any periods in abbreviations at all: UK, US, EU and so on. In fact, N.A.T.O. is now Nato
So I think your correspondents are right
(However, usa.gov, according to their site, is the U.S. government's off
I would say that UK writers do not use periods in this way at all nowadays
The official government website for the UK is at direct.gov.uk and I couldn't find any periods in abbreviations at all: UK, US, EU and so on. In fact, N.A.T.O. is now Nato
So I think your correspondents are right
(However, usa.gov, according to their site, is the U.S. government's off
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