Washington, D.C., is often shortened to Washington, the District of Columbia, or simply D.C. Except on the Yahoo! front page where the abbreviation is missing the periods:
Except when it’s not missing the periods:
It really doesn’t matter which abbreviation you use. Just make a decision. And if you work with other writers, make sure you all know what that decision is.
August 18, 2012 at 12:31 pm
“Washington, D.C., is often shortened to Washington, the District of Columbia…”
I’m guessing there was a reversal there, or perhaps you meant it ironically?
August 18, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Ah, the old serial comma didn’t save me from producing a confusing list. I meant that there are three shortened forms but the order that I chose produced the confusion: the District of Columbia, D.C., and Washington.
August 18, 2012 at 8:54 pm
Ah, much more goodly!
You might appreciate the one about the follow up book to the very popular grade school classic, “Better English.” The sequel, of course, was called, “More Better English.”