Abbreviations
-
are shortened words formed by deleting some of its letters with the replacement
of a period.
-
mostly used to address people’s occupation/political rank/educational
attainment- usually starts with a capital letter WHEN preceding a proper
noun.
- when occurring
in a sentence without a proper name that comes after, it is just written in
lower case.
e.g.
Dr. = doctor
Engr.
= engineer
Gov.
= governor
Col.
= colonel
