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I have come across examples supporting both spaced as well as non-spaced examples and that's what confuses me. I want to understand what the standard practice is as endorsed by any of the major sty...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:52:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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TheLearner
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2019-12-08T03:52:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have come across examples supporting both spaced as well as non-spaced examples and that's what confuses me. I want to understand what the standard practice is as endorsed by any of the major style guides. For example, consider the following examples: > A. B. Smith (Why is there a space?) > > U.S.A (Why no space? And why no period after the "A"?) > > P.S. (Why no space?) I understand there already exists a similar question but since the answers on that one specifically deal with academic citations and Latin phrases, it doesn't help me. I am comfortable with Latin phrases, such as e.g., i.e., etc. not having spaces (P.S. being an exception because I still somehow see it as a regular abbreviation because it's capitalized, maybe? I don't know). It's the English acronyms that I find confusing... especially cases like U.S.A where even a period (the last one) is sometimes mysteriously omitted!
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-11-19T11:51:57Z (about 10 years ago)
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