Do you put a period behind Mrs?

In British English, the abbreviations Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms and Dr are not followed by a period. Abbreviations where the final letter is not the same as the word it’s abbreviating, e.g. Captain / Capt. and Professor / Prof.

Do you put a period after Mr or Ms?

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. Most other abbreviated titles, however, require a full stop, as shown above.

Is DOT required after Mr and Mrs?

The dot after Mr. and Mrs. indicates that it is an abbreviation, just as you put a dot after any abbreviation. There is however, no dot after Ms as it is not an abbreviation.

Where does the period go in a name?

A period should be placed after an initial and after most abbreviations.

Do you put a period after street abbreviations?

– Street suffixes at the end of the street names can be abbreviated, but use the USPS- preferred abbreviations. Avoid the use of periods after the abbreviated words and capitalize the abbreviations.

Which is correct Ms or Ms?

Miss: Use “Miss” when addressing young girls and women under 30 that are unmarried. Ms.: Use “Ms.” when you are not sure of a woman’s marital status, if the woman is unmarried and over 30 or if she prefers being addressed with a marital-status neutral title. Mrs.: Use “Mrs.” when addressing a married woman.

Do you put a period after abbreviations?

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 Mister) do not get a period.

How do you use a period correctly?

Periods

1. Rule 1. Use a period at the end of a complete sentence that is a statement.
2. Rule 2. If the last item in the sentence is an abbreviation that ends in a period, do not follow it with another period.
3. Rule 3. Question marks and exclamation points replace and eliminate periods at the end of a sentence.

Do you put periods in initials?

Periods are frequently, but not always used, after initials and with two-letter abbreviations (U.S.). Declarative sentence: Harry S Truman did not use a period after his middle initial. Periods should be placed inside closing quotation marks, except when followed by a parenthetical note.