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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").
A period is not used between person and number, e.g. 1PL, 2SG, 1DU, 3NSG (nonsingular). [2] _ [optional in place of period] when the language of the gloss lacks a one-word translation, a phrase may be joined by underscores, e.g., Turkish çık-mak (come_out-INF) "to come out"
It is common to take more than just one initial letter from each of the words composing the acronym; regardless of this, the abbreviation sign gershayim ״ is always written between the second-last and last letters of the non-inflected form of the acronym, even if by this it separates letters of the same original word.
"for each one hundred" Commonly "percent" in American English. [6] PhD Philosophiae Doctor "Doctor of Philosophy" Where periods are used, it is "Ph.D." p.m. post meridiem "after midday" Used on the twelve-hour clock to indicate times after 12 midday. Example: "We will meet the mayor at 2:00 p.m." (14:00 in 24-hour clock) p.m.a. post mortem auctoris
An inhabited initial is an initial, an enlarged letter at the beginning of a paragraph or other section of text that contains an illustration of human or animal figures within the letter. It is similar to a historiated initial (see below); however, the figures in historiated initials show an identifiable scene or story, while the figures in ...
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In view of In ictu oculi's remark below, my proposed refined wording would be: "Initials are usually capitalized, and each abbreviation is usually followed by a period. A space after a period is only required before a non-abbreviated word. For example, both J.K. (singer) and J. K. L. Ross are acceptable.
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