{"id":9233,"date":"2020-11-08T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T17:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2023-04-08T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T20:20:15","slug":"comma-after-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma after Abbreviations: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Economic development induces the need for technological and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/thank-you-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">business<\/a><\/strong> advancements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These inevitable, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-nonetheless\/\"><b>nonetheless<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> exponential, progressions have dramatically affected <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/most-if-not-all-punctuation-commas\/\"><b>most, if not all<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fields of disciplines including linguistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/38028822\/MORPHOLOGICAL_TERMS_ALLOMORPHS_TRUNCATION_AND_MORPHOPHONEMICS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Morphological truncation<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or word shortening has been consistently on par with communication agent developments such as mobile phones and computers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this process is already tricky,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is needless to say that the interaction of shortened words with punctuations further ravels the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, read on if you&rsquo;re interested in learning further about <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abbreviations <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commas.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<br>\n<noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9236\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations.png\" alt=\"Comma After Abbreviations\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-683x1024.png 683w, 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma After Abbreviations\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations.png\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations.png 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-561x842.png 561w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-364x546.png 364w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-728x1092.png 728w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-608x912.png 608w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Comma-After-Abbreviations-758x1137.png 758w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<h2><b>Do we need a comma after &ldquo;abbreviations&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Depending on the sentential location and the purpose of writing, a comma may have to be fixed after abbreviations in a number of cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first, and, maybe even the most conspicuous, case is when abbreviations are listed in series.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The next one is when an abbreviated word is used as the last word in a nonrestrictive expression, known as a parenthesis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In connection with the previous sentence, a comma may <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\">also<\/a> appear after an abbreviation if it is directly followed by a parenthetical expression.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Introductory statements, especially dependent clauses, ending with abbreviated words should also be set off with a comma before attaching the main clause.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moreover, abbreviated names of places used in addresses, such as province and state names, require post-comma placements as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Name titles that come after the complete name have to be set off with commas, <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-too-the-definitive-guide\/\">too<\/a>, to highlight the achievement of the person.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we discuss each specific case in detail, it is crucial to understand the scope of abbreviations first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What exactly are abbreviations?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abbreviations are reduced words or phrases used as mnemonic devices for instantaneous communication purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was derived from the Latin word <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brevis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means &ldquo;short&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historically, abbreviations have already been used in stone or wood inscriptions for the sake of record-keeping and information-sharing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, nobody probably wanted to hurt their hands from gripping iron chisels 24\/7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/\"><b>so <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they kept texts as short as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digression aside, the modern world has intensified the usage of abbreviations, especially over the internet for space-saving reasons, and perhaps out norm conformation too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common abbreviations are taught in English, i.e., name titles and Geography, i.e., states and countries, and even in Math, i.e., quantities and Science, i.e., chemical elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To lay down the linguistic basis of abbreviations, let&rsquo;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-now\/\"><b>now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> look at some of its most common types.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Alphabetism (Initialism)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initial letters chopped from their original words and arranged in series have undergone the process called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alphabetism <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">initialism.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Initialism<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enables the shortening of word series by only pronouncing the first letters separately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Words that undergo the initialism process generally have uneven vowel distribution patterns, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-thereby\/\"><b>thereby<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> necessitating the individual enunciation of letters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of its typically-known examples are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FBI,<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF, CCTV, FB, IG, NSFW, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFK.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have probably guessed the meaning of those initials at first glance, haven&rsquo;t you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other relatively less common initials are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UG <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which stands for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal Grammar, SLA <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second Language Acquisition, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CS <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Code Switching.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The previous examples are common jargons in linguistics, which implies the field-specific usage of initialism as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presence of initialism in both generic and specific fields implies the prevalence of its occurrence and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/\"><b>thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making this topic worth-discussing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s move on to another interesting type, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">acronyms.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Acronym<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acronyms <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are probably less boring, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?s=albeit\"><b>albeit<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> creative, and more tongue-friendly than initialisms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/\">Although<\/a><\/strong> this abbreviation type is oftentimes confused with the former, it is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">easy to tell them apart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While initialisms disproportionately syllabicated, acronyms can be pronounced as an independent word and thereby prone to lexical normalization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The downside to this is our tendency to forget the original lengthy forms <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/such-as-in-a-sentence\/\"><b>such as<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">radar <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(radio detection and ranging), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWOL <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(absence without official leave), <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">captcha <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acronyms heavily started sprouting during the first half of the 20th century, when hot wars were still nations&rsquo; hobbies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sprawl of acronyms could be traced to the need for communication concealment, information brevity, and even novelty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In modern times, though, the other motivating factors affecting the formation of acronyms are the need for social belongingness and affirmation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I guess I have already elaborated this part fairly clearly, so it&rsquo;s about time to shift to the relevance of old languages to modern-day abbreviations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you&rsquo;re still with me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Common Latin Abbreviations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even in the world of contemporary English, remnants of old languages still prevail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be observed by the use of Latin-based abbreviations that we would more likely notice in more formal environments (although not limited to) such as academic and legal texts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few common Latin abbreviations are as follows: &ldquo;i.e.&rdquo; for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">id est, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;e.g.&rdquo; for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exempli gratia, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;etc.&rdquo; for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">et cetera, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;et al.&rdquo; for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">et alia.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I.e. is roughly translated into English as &ldquo;that is&rdquo;, e.g. as &ldquo;for example&rdquo;, etc. as &ldquo;and so on&rdquo;, and et al. for &ldquo;and others&rdquo;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice the dominance of the initialism process in the examples which implies its rather early usage compared to acronyms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Comma after <\/b><b><i>abbreviations<\/i><\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we have understood abbreviations, explaining comma usage after them should need less effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas are used as non-lexical written symbols that aid sentence intonation and rhythm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They act as guiding lights for readers not to get off-trail from the savage jungle of words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The placement of commas in sentences could either be grammatically or stylistically-related which means that there may or may not be some rule of thumb to follow depending on the writer&rsquo;s intent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few comma-placement rules after abbreviations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Series<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The function of commas in serial lists seem to be the least intriguing among all the others in this section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When more than two abbreviations are listed in sequence, a mandatory comma is inserted after each word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a final comma, a.k.a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/unnecessary-commas\/\"><b>the Oxford comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, preceding the coordinating conjunctions <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is optional, though.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">I have learned in this blog that POW, ASAP(,) and AIDS are referred to as acronyms and that they&rsquo;re different from initialisms.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most successful ways of replicating oral speech in written texts has been achieved by the insertion of parentheses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical expressions are interruptive thoughts commonly shoved mid-sentence for emphatic, rhetoric, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-and\/\"><b>and<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clarification purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/with-that-being-said\/\"><b>With that being said<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we can deduce that they are interesting and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/\"><b>yet<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they do not affect the well-formedness of the original sentence even when<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">taken out<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These grammatically-dispensable statements have to be singled out with commas to highlight their distinction from the other sentence elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In reference to the previous explanation, we can now conclude the necessity of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coma-vs-comma\/\"><b>comma<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after an abbreviated word used as a final parenthetical unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Abbreviations that can be pronounced as single words, such as radar and captcha, are called acronyms.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To continue further on parentheticals, if an abbreviated word comes before the interruptive thought, a comma is also mandatory.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Acronyms such as radar and captcha, which I can&rsquo;t recall the exact original forms, are actually abbreviated words.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Introductory elements<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In writing introductory words, phrases, or clauses, a statutory comma is always hooked to signal logical relations and to alert a quick pause for the initial context to sink in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, when an abbreviation is used in this manner, a comma should also come right after the abbreviated word.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">In Applied Linguistics or AL, the main focus is the practical application of linguistic principles wherein research-based solutions deem to resolve language-related challenges in society.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Addresses<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In marking the distinction among street, city, state, and country names, comma placement is a priori.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/\"><b>Although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we might mostly write addresses in business letters, and, electronic forms offer separate tabs for each specific part, it is still worth-knowing the correct format.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this, we can easily impart this basic knowledge to kids minus the quick consultation to Mr. Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same rule constantly applies when addresses appear within sentences, therefore we need a mandatory comma after any abbreviated word.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">John Doe lives in 567 Lake St., Jackson, WY, U.S.A.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sentence above is most likely intended either for official documents or maybe someone who is not that familiar with the map of the U.S.A because of how complete the address is written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s another sentence that makes use of city abbreviation before the state only.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">After we moved to ATL, Georgia, my wife has become much less annoying.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seems quite like an unhappy husband, but at least he could use commas properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Name titles<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You would agree with me when I say that we do need to flaunt our educational and professional achievements, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean, no one would probably be willing to take some four to six additional years of exhaustive research and study for nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, university degrees and other special achievements definitely have to be highlighted, at least with formal documents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of that, especially when you intend to show credibility, name titles have to be separated by commas in written text.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In most cases, a name title abbreviation comes after the complete name of the person.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas, therefore, have to be placed after these titles, should they appear in sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Jefferson Moore, D.D.M., has been serving the community at approximately 25% lower than other dentists&rsquo; rates.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wow, he&rsquo;s been quite an awesome dentist!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note, though, that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-despite\/\"><b>despite<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some style guides allowing the omission of periods in separating letters in name titles, the periods allow the rather straightforward emphasis of the achievement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the writer&rsquo;s intention would play a major role in this comma-decision aspect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Common<\/b> <b>Latin Abbreviations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common Latin abbreviations, as shortly explained earlier, are the leavings of ancestral languages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all due respect to this dead language, the least we can do is to use and punctuate them correctly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These abbreviations are to be treated as parenthetical elements, and therefore commas have to encapsulate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Standard comma rules<\/a><\/strong> suggest that a comma has to be placed after any abbreviation used for listing items.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Previous studies (e.g., Wilson &amp; Morris, 2009; Avery, 2008) have supported this conclusion.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The shop will continue to promote their product next month by offering their standard discount, i.e., 25% off on weekdays.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although communicative convenience and swiftness reasons compel us to use abbreviations in texts, readability is far more important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All writers must not immediately assume that the accessibility of abbreviations <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/correlate-to-correlate-with-difference\/\" title=\"correlates to\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">correlates to<\/a> text comprehensibility, especially when writing for a global audience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ergo, awareness of textual balance is highly recommended.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic development induces the need for technological and business advancements. These inevitable, nonetheless exponential, progressions have dramatically affected most, if not all fields of disciplines including linguistics. Morphological truncation or word shortening has been consistently on par with communication agent developments such as mobile phones and computers. 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