Which is correct us or us?

Which is correct us or us?

In its publications, the MLA uses the abbreviation US. (Practices among publishers vary, however, and it is not incorrect to use U.S. Whichever abbreviation you choose, be consistent.) The MLA prefers to spell out the name United States in the main text of a work, in both adjective and noun forms.

What is the correct way to abbreviate United States?

United States can be abbreviated as “U.S.” when it is used as an adjective.

Do you spell out states in AP style?

Effective May 1, the AP will spell out state names in the body of stories. Datelines will continue to use abbreviations. SPELL OUT: The names of the 50 U.S. states should be spelled out when used in the body of a story, whether standing alone or in conjunction with a city, town, village or military base.

How is US written?

You will see examples of this abbreviation written both ways, with periods (U.S.), and without (US). In formal writing, spell out the two words as “United States,” as in the example below. This is always appropriate.

Where do punctuations go?

In the United States, the rule of thumb is that commas and periods always go inside the quotation marks, and colons and semicolons (dashes as well) go outside: “There was a storm last night,” Paul said. Peter, however, didn’t believe him.

Do periods go inside quotations?

Quotation marks and adjacent punctuation Commas and periods that are part of the overall sentence go inside the quotation marks, even though they aren’t part of the original quotation.

Do full stops go inside speech marks?

Should the full stop be inside the closing quotation mark or outside it? Well, in US English, the full stop goes inside the closing quotation mark in this sentence. In British English, it is placed outside. Users of US English place the comma in the following sentence inside the closing quotation marks.

What do speech marks look like?

We use quotation marks to show (or mark) the beginning and end of a word or phrase that is somehow special or comes from outside the text that we are writing. Quotation marks can be double (“…”) or single (‘…’) – that is really a matter of style (but see below for more about this).

Is punctuation a mark?

The punctuation marks are: period, comma, question mark, hyphen, dash, parentheses, apostrophe, ellipsis, quotation mark, colon, semicolon, exclamation point. The student then writes down the punctuation marks and an example for each.

Do you put quotations around a nickname?

While no rules govern whether a nickname is put in quotation marks, the tendency is for quotation marks to be used more often when the nickname is inserted within or precedes another name, and less when used alone.