[Artemisia] Vs.

[Stephanae Baker]

For what it's worth, we're actually quite picky about most  
abbreviations taking periods in English, and particularly Latin ones.  
Etc., i.e., and e.g. always get their periods, as does vs. I suspect  
that if omitting the period in the titles of court cases is  
acceptable, you'd be most likely to find that exception listed in a  
legal style guide somewhere, rather than in Merriam-Webster, although  
the exception I see most often is not to omit the period but to omit  
the s. For example, here is a list of recent supreme court cases  
taken from the Cornell University Law School's web site:

LEEGIN CREATIVE LEATHER PRODUCTS v. PSKS, INC., ET AL.
PANETTI, SCOTT L. v. QUATERMAN, DIR., TX DCJ
PARENTS INVOLVED IN COMM. SCHS. v. SEATTLE SCH. DIST. NO. 1
HEIN, DIR., ET AL. v. FREEDOM FROM RELIGION, ET AL.
NAT. ASSN. OF HOME BUILDERS v. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, ET AL.
WILKIE v. ROBBINS
MORSE, DEBORAH, ET AL. v. FREDERICK, JOSEPH
FEC v. WISCONSIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC.
TELLABS, INC., ET AL. v. MAKOR ISSUES & RIGHTS, ET AL.
RITA, VICTOR A. v. UNITED STATES

Of course, initialisms and acronyms frequently do not take periods,  
even in Latin, so we get NPO and PRN in the medical profession.

I hope that helps in your research.

Belladonna


On Aug 31, 2007, at 2:14 PM, KyneWynn wrote:

> So now I'm totally curious and I have to look it up -- but it  
> wasn't in my
> Merriam-Webster Dictionary of American Usage.  Okay-- more research  
> later,
> for now, back to fussy grandbaby.  Where did you learn this?  Sources?
> (Cause now I'm curious.)
>
> KyneWynn
> (who is also known to her children as a walking dictionary)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: S CLEMENGER <sclemenger at msn.com>
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> <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 47, Issue 57
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>
>> <giggle> I may be wrong about that, too, you know...or perhaps,  
>> out of
> date.  School was a loooong time ago for me.  At any rate, your  
> points were
> clear, with or without punctuation.  I'm actually more likely to  
> wince at
> misspellings--just ask Gefjon.  She refers to me as her "walking
> dictionary."  ;o)
>> --Maire
>>
>
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