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Subject:Re[2]: Correct Wording for Examples From:"Virginia L. Krenn" <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:42:37 -0800
Stan Radomski <radomski -at- pubs16 -dot- si -dot- com> wrote:
>I understand, to a degree, the idea behind avoiding i.e. and e.g., but if I
>use that same logic on other abbreviations I would have to stop using:
>et al
>et seq
>AD
>AM
>PM
>etc
>Comments?
Yes, I would use the following abbreviations instead of the ones in your
list.
