Use standard abbreviations for titles immediately before and after proper names - Abbreviations - Mechanics

Rules for writers, Tenth edition - Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers 2021

Use standard abbreviations for titles immediately before and after proper names
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Mechanics

41 Abbreviations

42 Numbers

43 Italics

44 Spelling

45 Hyphenation

46 Capitalization

41Abbreviations

41a Use standard abbreviations for titles immediately before and after proper names.

TITLES BEFORE PROPER NAMES

TITLES AFTER PROPER NAMES

✵ Mr. Rafael Zabala

✵ William Albert Sr.

✵ Ms. Nancy Linehan

✵ Thomas Hines Jr.

✵ Dr. Shanice Wallace

✵ Juan López, MD

✵ Rev. John Stone

✵ Margaret Chin, LLD

Do not abbreviate a title if it is not used with a proper name.

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Avoid redundant titles such as Dr. Amy Day, MD. Choose one title or the other.