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  2. Full stop - Wikipedia

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    It may be placed after an initial letter used to abbreviate a word. It is often placed after each individual letter in acronyms and initialisms (e.g., "U.S."). However, the use of full stops after letters in an initialism or acronym is declining, and many of these without punctuation have become accepted norms (e.g., "UK" and "NATO").

  3. Abbreviation - Wikipedia

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    A period (a.k.a. full stop) is sometimes used to signify abbreviation, but opinion is divided as to when and if this convention is best practice. According to Hart's Rules, a word shortened by dropping letters from the end terminates with a period, whereas a word shorted by dropping letters from the middle does not.

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Captions

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    Captions normally start with a capital letter. The text of captions should not be specially formatted (with italics, for example), except in ways that would apply if it occurred in the main text. Several discussions (e.g. this one ) have failed to reach a consensus on whether "stage directions" such as (right) or (behind podium) should be in ...

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Abbreviations

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    A shortening is an abbreviation formed by removing at least the last letter of a word (e.g. etc. and rhino), and sometimes also containing letters not present in the full form (e.g. bike). As a general rule, use a full point after a shortening that only exists in writing (e.g. etc.) but not for a shortening that is used in speech (e.g. rhino).

  6. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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    Until the early 2000s, the Modern Language Association (MLA) left room for its adherents to single or double sentence space. In 2008, it modified its position on sentence spacing to the following: In an earlier era, writers using a typewriter commonly left two spaces after a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point.

  7. Update AOL Mail settings

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    Create filters to make sure your incoming emails go where you want them to. Once you've created a filter, you'll be able to edit or delete it from the same screen. Filters can be deleted by clicking the X next to "Edit." Create a filter. 1. Click Create filter. 2. Enter the parameters of your filter. 3. Click Save. Edit a filter. 1. Mouse over ...

  8. Acronym - Wikipedia

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    Acronyms are often spelled with the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation. For some, an initialism [ 1 ] or alphabetism , connotes this general meaning, and an acronym is a subset with a narrower definition: an initialism pronounced as a word rather than as a sequence of letters.

  9. Create and manage an AOL Mail account - AOL Help

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    Go to the main AOL page.; Click Sign in in the upper right hand corner.; Click Create an account at the bottom of the screen.; Enter and submit the requested information.