ESC: U.S., United States

Posted by ESC on July 09, 2004

In Reply to: ESC: U.S., United States posted by dhm on July 09, 2004

: : : (New thread because ESC's question thread has technical difficulties.) Yes, I've heard of it. "U.S." as a noun is very informal. At a still higher level of formality than AP style, even the adjectival form would be spelled out.

: : Like I said, I hate to be wrong.

: Shouldn't that be, "As I said..."?!?!

Don't ask me. I was wrong about the other thing.

• ESC: U.S., United States Bruce Kahl 09/July/04