[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 85, Issue 6

[Watson, Katherine M]

Hello Brad,
     I'm a journalism major and all I can really say is that these state abbreviations were created by The Associated Press, and that's why we use them. As for the month abbreviations, we do not abbreviate the months March, April, May, June, July or August because these names are shorter. The goal in newspaper writing is to be brief and concise. Hope this helps.
--Katie Watson
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Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 08:48:13 -0500
From: Brad Dunse' <lists at braddunsemusic.com>
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I like this but have a couple questions if anyone knows the 
answer.  Why do you suppose they've not adopted the post office state 
abbreviations? When I see stuff like Neb., Mich., and so forth it 
seems extremely dated to me.  The same goes for  the use of a. m. p. 
m. as oppose to AM PM. The other thing is why aren't June, July, 
March and so forth abbreviated as the others when others are allowed 
to be abbreviated?

The rest makes perfect sense to me oddly enough. Something to be said 
for osmosis :).

Brad



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