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Re: Middle Initial: period or no period?

Subject: Re: Middle Initial: period or no period?
From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 17:24:38 -0800

CMOS says periods are used when initials represent names. When initials don't represent names, it qualifies that by saying they "are normally used."

Gene Kim-Eng


On 1/2/2019 1:45 PM, Lauren wrote:

Does CMOS make a distinction for single letter names that are not initials?

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