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Robboe Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Inc & ltd

after

company xy ltd

or

company xy inc

is the full stop required? even within a sentence?
  

Top answer

In American English, a full stop is required, even within a sentence. There's a secondary rule, too. You should write a company's name exactly as the company writes it.

— Nestor

  • In American English, a full stop is required, even within a sentence.
  • There's a secondary rule, too.
  • You should write a company's name exactly as the company writes it.
  • If a company calls itself BizzInc, don't write it Bizz Inc.
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In American English, a full stop is required, even within a sentence. There's a secondary rule, too. You should write a company's name exactly as the company writes it. If a company calls itself BizzInc, don't write it Bizz Inc.
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and what about British English?
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Technically and formally, you still need dots, but modern usage is changing this situation. In British English, dots in abbreviations are often omitted altogether. For example:

U.K. (American)
UK (British)
U.S.A. (American)
USA (British)

Of course, since this is a usage phenomenon, its practice is not actually restricted to one side of the Atlantic, nor i
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