
Proper punctuation in abbreviation of Nota Bene [closed]
NB, n.b. nota bene, take careful note (capitals are illogical but often used for emphasis) CMS adds that "Latin abbreviations are often set in roman" (i.e. not italic). I tend to see
Why are "i.e." and "e.g." written in lower case with periods, while …
2023年1月1日 · N.B. note well (nota bene) From Bryan Garner, Garner's Modern American Usage, second edition (2003): N.B. is the abbreviation for the Latin nota bene (= note well; …
N.B. (Nota Bene) vs P.S. (Post Script) - English Language & Usage …
2015年12月24日 · People use "N.B." at the end of a writing (say, a letter) to add a piece of information. Equally, I find people using "P.S." in the end of a writing (usually, a letter) to add a …
Is there a better way to write multiple Nota Bene? i.e "n.b., n.b.b." …
2015年1月28日 · My understanding was that "N.B." meant "note well", meaning "this is important!" and drawing particular attention to what would otherwise be a unobtrusive footnote. If you …
What does N.B. stand for? [closed] - English Language & Usage …
2011年5月10日 · If you google for NB/N.B. you get a lot of websites. – rogermue. Commented Oct 7, 2014 at 7:41.
How would you pronounce N.B. (nota bene) when reading aloud?
2015年8月24日 · You pronounce N.B. (also written as NB or n.b., nb) as /ˌenˈbiː/. . See also Cambridge. In other words you say the names of the two letters, just like for e.g. (also eg) ( /ˌiː …
Punctuation after "P.S." - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2011年4月4日 · Somewhere in the craggy quagmire of my memory, I seem to recall that the nuns of my grade school days taught me that a P.S. (post script) is followed by a colon, i.e. P.S.: …
What does H/F, M/F and M/W abbreviation in job titles mean?
2015年2月2日 · @FumbleFingers: I believe the idea is that for languages that have separate words for the male and female job titles, even if it is already legally required for the job to be …
Why does "No" mean "Number?" - English Language & Usage …
2018年8月13日 · I frequently see the abbreviation "No" to mean "Number" (or "Nos" to mean "Numbers") instead of the much more common meaning of the word (a negative statement or …
Apostrophe s' or s's - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2019年11月28日 · On the use of so-called 'zero genitive', marked by a simple apostrophe in spelling ('), as opposed to the 's genitive, Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech and Svartvik specify in A …