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Abbreviations may or may not be closed with a period; a consistent style should be maintained within an article. Standard North American usage is to end all abbreviations with a period ({{dothis|Dr. Smith of 42 Drummond St.}}), but in standard British and Australian usage, no stop is used if the abbreviation ends in the last letter of the unabbreviated form ({{dothis|Dr Smith of 42 Drummond St}}). This is also common practice in scientific writing. Regardless of punctuation, words that are abbreviated to more than one letter are spaced ({{dothis|op. cit.}} not {{notthis|op.cit.}} or {{notthis|opcit}}). There are some exceptions: {{dothis|PhD}} for "Philosophiae Doctor"; {{dothis|BVetMed}} for "Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine".

~~=== US and U.S. ===~~

~~{{anchor|US|U.S.|USA|U.S.A.}}{{shortcut|MOS:US|MOS:NOTUSA}}~~

In [[American English|American]] and [[Canadian English]], {{xt|U.S.}} (with periods [full stops] and without a space) is the dominant abbreviation for {{xt|United States}}, though at least one major American style guide, ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' (16th ed.), now [[deprecate]]s {{xt|U.S.}} and prefers {{xt|US}} (without periods). {{xt|US}} is more common in most other national forms of English. Use of periods for abbreviations and acronyms should be consistent within any given article and congruent with the variety of English used by that article. In longer abbreviations (three letters or more) that incorporate the country's initials ({{xt|USN}}, {{xt|USAF}}), do not use periods. When the United States is mentioned with one or more other countries in the same sentence, {{xt|U.S.}} or {{xt|US}} may be too informal, especially at the first mention or as a noun instead of an adjective ({{xt|France and the United States}}, not {{!xt|France and the U.S.}}). Do not use the spaced {{!xt|U. S.}} or the archaic {{!xt|U.S. of A.}}, except when quoting. Do not use {{!xt|U.S.A.}} or {{!xt|USA}} except in a quotation, as part of a proper name ({{xt|Team USA}}), or in certain technical/formal uses (e.g., the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3]] codes and [[FIFA country codes]]).

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 Abbreviations may or may not be closed with a period; a consistent style should be maintained within an article. Standard North American usage is to end all abbreviations with a period ({{dothis|Dr. Smith of 42&nbsp;Drummond St.}}), but in standard British and Australian usage, no stop is used if the abbreviation ends in the last letter of the unabbreviated form ({{dothis|Dr Smith of 42&nbsp;Drummond St}}). This is also common practice in scientific writing. Regardless of punctuation, words that are abbreviated to more than one letter are spaced ({{dothis|op.&nbsp;cit.}} not {{notthis|op.cit.}} or {{notthis|opcit}}). There are some exceptions: {{dothis|PhD}} for "Philosophiae Doctor"; {{dothis|BVetMed}} for "Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine".
-=== US and U.S. ===
-{{anchor|US|U.S.|USA|U.S.A.}}{{shortcut|MOS:US|MOS:NOTUSA}}
-In [[American English|American]] and [[Canadian English]], {{xt|U.S.}} (with periods [full stops] and without a space) is the dominant abbreviation for {{xt|United States}}, though at least one major American style guide, ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' (16th ed.), now [[deprecate]]s {{xt|U.S.}} and prefers {{xt|US}} (without periods). {{xt|US}} is more common in most other national forms of English. Use of periods for abbreviations and acronyms should be consistent within any given article and congruent with the variety of English used by that article. In longer abbreviations (three letters or more) that incorporate the country's initials ({{xt|USN}}, {{xt|USAF}}), do not use periods. When the United States is mentioned with one or more other countries in the same sentence, {{xt|U.S.}} or {{xt|US}} may be too informal, especially at the first mention or as a noun instead of an adjective ({{xt|France and the United States}}, not {{!xt|France and the U.S.}}). Do not use the spaced {{!xt|U.&nbsp;S.}} or the archaic {{!xt|U.S.&nbsp;of&nbsp;A.}}, except when quoting. Do not use {{!xt|U.S.A.}} or {{!xt|USA}} except in a quotation, as part of a proper name ({{xt|Team USA}}), or in certain technical/formal uses (e.g., the [[ISO 3166-1 alpha-3]] codes and [[FIFA country codes]]).
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