🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 on Nostr: npub1h0dld…wqs5p I think your missing the point... > Even Harry S [sic] Truman did ...
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I think your missing the point...
> Even Harry S [sic] Truman did not know what the S [sic] stood for.
I am not saying the S stood for something. I am saying even though the S did not stand for anything it is still written with a dot at the end like "S.".
> Another reason the Truman Library also uses “S.” is that the library follows the guidance of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, which states that the period should be used as part of Truman’s middle name, partly for the sake of consistency.
Its not just the US Government Printing guide is the point. Using the "S." with the . is the standard way to write middle initials that dont stand for anything. It is covered in the Chicago Manual as well (which is generally accepted as the closest thing we have to an official guide to english grammar".
In short proper english (reaD: every style guide agrees) is to use a dot after a middle initial even when that name doesnt stand for anything.
I think your missing the point...
> Even Harry S [sic] Truman did not know what the S [sic] stood for.
I am not saying the S stood for something. I am saying even though the S did not stand for anything it is still written with a dot at the end like "S.".
> Another reason the Truman Library also uses “S.” is that the library follows the guidance of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, which states that the period should be used as part of Truman’s middle name, partly for the sake of consistency.
Its not just the US Government Printing guide is the point. Using the "S." with the . is the standard way to write middle initials that dont stand for anything. It is covered in the Chicago Manual as well (which is generally accepted as the closest thing we have to an official guide to english grammar".
In short proper english (reaD: every style guide agrees) is to use a dot after a middle initial even when that name doesnt stand for anything.