Another question for the Brits on the list

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 
Carol:  
> "Fowler's Modern English Usage," the best authority for British usage
> that I have on hand, has the following entry: "Mr, Mrs  Now usually
> spelled without the points." (I guess I should have said "point"
> instead of "full stop" for a period other than one ending a sentence.
> In the U.S., both are called periods.)

Geoff:
Likewise, they are both full stops to us.

Carol:
> So the British style is without the period, point, full point, or
> whatever you want to call it, but Fowler's seems to regard "Ms" as an
> invasive and artificial Americanism.
 
Geoff: 
Possibly the UK English commercial/office/official style but very many 
people, including myself, stick with the full stops for personal usage. 
The only place I tend to drop full stops out is in initials - NEWT instead 
of N.E.W.T. for example.