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You must have seen in some text a shorter word with a period, which represents a longer word. At some point, you yourself must have abbreviated a word in messages sent over the Internet or by cell phone.

Some abbreviations belong to Grammar rules, along with those other rules we need to learn, as they are related to written language and some standardization is needed.

Let's study the subject better so that you can use the abbreviation correctly.

What is the abbreviation and what is it for?

The abbreviation is a feature of written language used to represent in a reduced form some words, phrases or expressions.

The abbreviations show the fast pace of modern times, which makes us need to save words to communicate faster in less time.

The abbreviation is the part of the written word that indicates or summarizes this word, and this is done through:

1. a) From the initial letter. Example: v. = see;
2. b) Of the initial letters or syllables. Example: of. = craft;
3. c) Initial, medial or final letters. Example: pg. = why.

Abbreviations can be defined by three things:

1. a) by the abbreviation dot – the dot that is after the reduced word;
2. b) by capital or lower case, depending on the orthographic norm – “V. Ex. (Your Excellency)”, for example, is always written in capital letters;
3. c) by accentuation and inflection (cod. = code; fs. = leaves).

The general rule for abbreviating words is as follows: just write the first syllable and the first letter of the second syllable, followed by a period (called “abbreviated period”).

In addition to the general rule, we need to observe other cases that may occur, such as the following:

• If the second syllable starts with two consonants, both are part of the abbreviation. Examples: pers. (person); secret (secretary).
• The graphic accent or hyphen of the original word must remain in the abbreviation. Examples: sec. (century); adm.-financ. (financial administration).
• Some words are abbreviated by contraction, that is, letters in the middle of the word disappear. Examples: beautiful. (bachelor); Dr. (doctor).
• Some words do not follow the general rule for abbreviation. Examples: BC or BC (before Christ); app., apart. or fit. (apartment)

Examples of abbreviations

Here are some examples of abbreviations so that you can use them correctly when necessary.

Apr. – April
abbrev. – abbreviation
adj. – adjective
adv. – adverb
anton. – antonym
ap. or apart - apartment
ave. – avenue
bras. - Brazilian

bible
– cell bibliography. – colonel
cod. – code
D. – Dom, Dona
dic. – dictionary
dr. – Doctor
Dr. – doctor
dz. – dozen
ed. –
encyclical edition. – encyclopedia
eg. – example
f. – female
fac. – faculty
g – gram
gen. – gender
gov. – government
h –
hab hour. – inhabitant
Hist. – History
Km – kilometer
l – liter
m. - masculine

on one. – numeral
obs. – note
p. – page
p.
– front pages – pronoun
rad.- radical
Mr. - sir
tel. – telephone
v. - you