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  EDline Vol. 7, no. 60     (22 February 2002)

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  Contents:

         Q & A
  [2sr]  Contraction of 'editors'

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** [2sr] Contraction of 'editors'

         Date: Thurs, 21 Feb 2002
         From: Jane Hammett, jane.plowman@lineone.net

When editing a MS for US spelling, grammar, style, etc. should the word
'editors' be contracted to 'eds' (as in the UK) or 'eds.' (with a full
point afterwards)??


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         Date: Thurs, 21 Feb 2002
         From: Jane Moody, JMoody@rcog.org.uk

Surely it depends on the context. If you are following the 'Uniform
requirements for manuscript submitted to biomedical journals', for
instance, you write 'editors' in full in the reference.


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         Date: Thurs, 21 Feb 2002
         From: John Crane, jcrane8@bellsouth.net

If I had to abbreviate it, I'd use a period under the general
rule to use one if the abbreviation could be confusing without
it. Granted, this is stretching it, but "eds" could be taken as
an initialization for, say, Eastern Dental Society, or as more
than one Edward.

(I assume this is in a bibliography. I would under no
circumstances abbreviate "editors" in text, and I would resist
doing so in a bibliography.)


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