Should there be a period after Mr?

In American English, we always put a period after an abbreviation; it doesn’t matter whether the abbreviation is the first two letters of the word (as in Dr. for Drive) or the first and last letter (as in Dr. for Doctor). for Mister) do not get a period.

Do you put a full stop after initials?

A person’s initials are a kind of abbreviation, and these are usually followed by full stops: John D. Rockefeller, C. Aubrey Smith, O. J. Simpson. Increasingly, however, there is a tendency to write such initials without full stops: John D Rockefeller, C Aubrey Smith, O J Simpson.

Do you put a full stop after a title?

Full Stops in Titles, Headings and Captions. As a general rule, a full stop is not used at the end of a displayed title, heading, subheading or caption in scholarly English prose. Paragraph run-in headings do tend to close with a full stop or in some cases a colon.

Should I use full stop after Mr?

Observe that each of these abbreviations begins with a capital letter. British usage favours omitting the full stop in abbreviations which include the first and last letters of a single word, such as Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr and St; American usage prefers (A) Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr. and St., with full stops.

Should abbreviations have full stops?

Acronyms and initialisms usually do not take full stops (UNICEF and REM). If full stops are used, they should be added after all letters in an acronym or initialism, not just the last one (m.p.h., not mph.).

Can you write and after a full stop?

Originally Answered: Can “But” and “And” be used after a full stop? No rules of English grammar prohibit starting a sentence with any particular word. So, yes, either of these words can be used after a full stop.

Do you put reference before or after full stop?

Full stops and commas

1. A full stop (or period) is primarily used to mark the end of a sentence.
2. If using a footnote referencing style, including OSCOLA, the citation should come after the full stop:
3. An Oxford comma precedes the ‘and’ before the last entry of a list.

Should you put a full stop after etc?

This one is simple enough: never double up periods. If a statement ends with “etc.” the period in the abbreviation does double duty, serving as the full stop to end the sentence. If, however, you need another mark of punctuation after an abbreviation, you can put it after the period.