Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Abbreviations
The convention for punctuation of abbreviations (which is not rigidly observed) is:
- last letter of word and abbreviation same: no full stop (eg: Ltd)
- last letter of word and abbreviation not same: full stop (eg: Co.)
a/c | account |
a.m. | before noon (ante meridiem) |
a.s.a.p. | as soon as possible |
cc: | copies to |
c/o | care of |
Co. | Company |
e.g. | for example (exemplii gratia) |
enc. | enclosed |
exc. | excluding |
f.o.b. | free on board |
G.M.T. | Greenwich Mean Time |
HQ | headquarters |
i.e. | that is (id est) |
inc. | including |
Inc. | Incorporated |
Ltd | Limited |
Mr | Mr (pronounced Mister) |
Mrs | Mrs (pronounced Missiz) |
Miss | Miss |
Ms | Ms (pronounced Miz) |
no. | number |
p.a. | per annum |
P.L.C. | Public Limited Company |
p.m. | after noon (post meridiem) |
p.t.o. | please turn over |
Rd | Road |
re | referring to |
St | Saint |
St. | Street |
v.a.t. | value added tax |
Monday, December 13, 2010
Regular/ Irregular Verbs
Sort the following base verbs into regular and irregular. (Some verbs may be both.)
come buy stay bring wish sit understand
desire hope translate hop belong overthrow study
fly try continue find follow own cost
retain learn create teach purchase give present
design become overtake misspell forget begin see
view develop grow conceive found cook sort
Regular Irregular
1) 1)
2) 2)
3) 3)
4) 4)
5) 5)
6) 6)
7) 7)
8) 8)
9) 9)
10) 10)
come buy stay bring wish sit understand
desire hope translate hop belong overthrow study
fly try continue find follow own cost
retain learn create teach purchase give present
design become overtake misspell forget begin see
view develop grow conceive found cook sort
Regular Irregular
1) 1)
2) 2)
3) 3)
4) 4)
5) 5)
6) 6)
7) 7)
8) 8)
9) 9)
10) 10)
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