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An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree .
Contractions that do not contain an apostrophe almost always take a period in North American English, but not in British English when the contraction ends with the same letter as the full term: Doctor can be abbreviated Dr. in American and Canadian English, but is Dr in British English. If the dot-less usage could be confusing in the context ...
Consistency is irrelevant when this isn't what it's called! It isn't a degree that gives the title of associate; it's an associate degree. Different thing. -- Necrothesp 13:14, 11 July 2023 (UTC) Oppose The WP:COMMONNAME appears to be associate degree, although associate's degree does have some usage. Associate degree is also recommended by the ...
The apostrophe seems to be generally preferred across Wikipedia for both bachelor's and master's degrees, and is used for both the article titles. It should probably be used here unless there is an overriding reason not to (I can't think of one). Robminchin 04:18, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Timothy Pulju, a senior lecturer in linguistics at Dartmouth College, said that until the 17th or 18th century, the possessive of proper names ending in S — such as Jesus or Moses — often was ...
Is there a guideline on whether it's acceptable to abbreviate decades, and if so, how? I'm thinking of a context in which saying "the 1970s and 1980s" appears slightly stilted, and "the 1970s and '80s" would be more natural; however, I don't see any recognition that it's ever OK to say " '80s", or whether there's a preference about the use of the apostrophe.
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