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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Nr or No?

Why should we use in English the Latin-origin abbreviation "No." for number, instead of "Nr" (as in German, for Nummer)?

Is Nr also used? Or the best is to use No.?

A specific case: "Model Nr.: XYZ"

Thanks!

  

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" for number We should use it because it is the standard abbreviation for 'number' in English. anonymous instead of "Nr" (as in German, for Nummer)? We speak and write English here, not German (or Lithuanian, which also uses "Nr").

— CalifJim

  • " for number We should use it because it is the standard abbreviation for 'number' in English.
  • anonymous instead of "Nr" (as in German, for Nummer)?
  • We speak and write English here, not German (or Lithuanian, which also uses "Nr").
  • anonymous Is Nr also used?
  • Not in English.
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anonymousWhy should we use in English the Latin-origin abbreviation "No." for number

We should use it because it is the standard abbreviation for 'number' in English.

anonymousinstead of "Nr" (as in German, for Nummer)?

We speak and write English here, not German (or Lithuanian, which also uses "Nr").

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