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10. PhD and Ph.D. are both correct. Canadians tend to omit the periods and those from the U.S. tend to keep them. A reference grammar explains it like this: 2 abbreviations and acronyms. 1 punctuation. We usually write abbreviations without full stops in modern British English.
You will find that PhD Ph.D. BSc B.Sc. MSc and M.Sc. are all found. The question linked to handles this for PhD/Ph.D. but the answer covers the rest. The only thing to add to it is to be consistent, so PhD and BSc or Ph.D. and B.Sc., but not one form together with another in the same piece of writing. –
10. Ph.D. is an abbreviation of the Latin, not the English. Wikipedia says: A Doctor of Philosophy degree (often abbreviated Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil) or a Doctorate of Philosophy, from the Latin Doctor Philosophiae... Latin does not have a set word order in cases like this, so Philosophiae Doctor is perfectly legitimate as well, and that ...
According to Wikipedia, there are many ways to abbreviate it: Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as PhD, Ph.D., D.Phil., or DPhil in English-speaking countries and originally as Dr.Philos. or Dr.Phil. (for the Latin philosophiae doctor or doctor philosophiae), is in many countries a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities.
53. PhD (or Ph. D.) is a bit of a frozen expression or idiom. The expression doesn't abbreviate the English phrase "Doctor of Philosophy". If it did, then it would be something like "DP" or "DoP". Instead, PhD retains the structure of the medieval Latin Philosophiae Doctor, which dates from the 17th century. As to why the Latin abbreviation for ...
4. As noted in etymonline and in previous answer, the word doctor has been in use in English since ca. 1300. Regarding the abbreviations you ask about, etymonline says: M.D., "1755, abbreviation of Latin Medicinæ Doctor "doctor of medicine." Ph.D, "attested from 1869; abbreviation of L. Philosophiae Doctor 'Doctor of Philosophy.'".
If you use "B.Sc.", then use "M.Sc". Thank you, Andy. In this case, "P.G.D." should be good a good abbreviation for Postgraduate Diplomas. Please get this straight: We don't say post-graduate like that in English. Post-graduate in American English means after you have done every level of degree.
In much wider contexts, of course, B.S. is a common initialism for the slang term bullshit. – mgkrebbs. Jul 10, 2011 at 0:12. Add a comment. 2. "PhD" is an abbreviation. The title of the book is playing around with this abbreviation. Although normally understood as you said to stand for Phillsophiae Doctor, the letters do not actually state this.
I believe you are seeking "Messrs." which is an abbreviation of the French 'Messieurs' and is commonly used in English as a plural for "Mr." Example usage: Dear Messrs. Jones, Adams and Jefferson, See Merriam-Webster and Cambridge Online Dictionary for further details.
19. There's no common standard abbreviation for engineer, so generally it would be best to pick one and be consistent. Eng. is sometimes an abbreviation for engineering in degrees such as B.Eng., Bachelor of Engineering. Therefore, it might be better to use Engr. if it's important to fully disambiguate between the two.