[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Seeking Grammar Police Ruling - Typo's

[Lee Kaiwen]

bboyminn:
Consider, for example "int'l" for 'international'.

CJ:
....in this example, the apostrophe denotes an omission from
the middle of the word, not the end.

Geoff:
there is a distinction between contractions using apostrophes
and some words which are more frequently used in a truncated
form.... examples such as "Maths", "vet" or "exam" and "exams".
A form such as "Int'l" in UK English is unusual.

Me (CJ):

Good examples (except for the atrocious UK "maths").

I don't think either bboyminn or I were implying that "int'l" is on par 
with "vet" or "exam" as an excepted shorthand. I think it's pretty much 
akin to your roadsign examples -- used when space constrains or the 
writer is lazy or as part of a company name, but certainly not plunked 
down in the middle of a graduate dissertation.

CJ