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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Using a period to abbreviate a middle name

I'm almost 100% sure a period is used to abbreviate a middle initial, right? Example, Lori L. Luther
  

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Perhaps not in very informal contexts or in a film title, but certainly in any academic or formal text.

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  • Perhaps not in very informal contexts or in a film title, but certainly in any academic or formal text.
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Perhaps not in very informal contexts or in a film title, but certainly in any academic or formal text.
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I used my middle initial on Facebook should I take it off?
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How do I abbreviate du Pont? It is a middle name.

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That is the practice in American English.

The period is not used in modern British English. Example; I P Knightley.

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