Comments on: Masters Degree or Master’s Degree? http://www.dailywritingtips.com/masters-degree-or-masters-degree/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Peter Ki http://www.dailywritingtips.com/masters-degree-or-masters-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-118185 Peter Ki Fri, 08 May 2009 06:17:55 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2158#comment-118185 What is the difference between 'can not' and 'cannot'? What is the difference between ‘can not’ and ‘cannot’?

]]> By: Kaye Dacus http://www.dailywritingtips.com/masters-degree-or-masters-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-118085 Kaye Dacus Thu, 07 May 2009 20:44:25 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2158#comment-118085 The Chicago Manual of Style (used by most U.S. publishing houses for fiction an nonfiction) says: 15.21: "In conservative practice, periods are added to abbreviations of all academic degrees (B.A., D.D.S., etc.). Chicago now recommends omitting them unless they are required for tradition or consistency. In the following list*, periods are shown only where uncertainty might arise as to their placement." *In the comprehensive list they give, the few listed where periods might be needed to avoid confusion are: DMin (D.Min.) LittD (Litt.D. -- Litterarum Doctor or Doctor of Letters) LLB (LL.B.--Legum Baccalaureus--Bachelor of Laws) LLD (LL.D. --Legum Doctor--Doctor of Laws) PhB (Ph.B. --Philosophiae Baccalaureus--Bachelor of Philosophy) PhD (Ph.D.) PhG (Ph.G. --Graduate in Pharmacy) The Chicago Manual of Style (used by most U.S. publishing houses for fiction an nonfiction) says:

15.21: “In conservative practice, periods are added to abbreviations of all academic degrees (B.A., D.D.S., etc.). Chicago now recommends omitting them unless they are required for tradition or consistency. In the following list*, periods are shown only where uncertainty might arise as to their placement.”

*In the comprehensive list they give, the few listed where periods might be needed to avoid confusion are:
DMin (D.Min.)
LittD (Litt.D. — Litterarum Doctor or Doctor of Letters)
LLB (LL.B.–Legum Baccalaureus–Bachelor of Laws)
LLD (LL.D. –Legum Doctor–Doctor of Laws)
PhB (Ph.B. –Philosophiae Baccalaureus–Bachelor of Philosophy)
PhD (Ph.D.)
PhG (Ph.G. –Graduate in Pharmacy)

]]> By: Speakbindas http://www.dailywritingtips.com/masters-degree-or-masters-degree/comment-page-1/#comment-118028 Speakbindas Thu, 07 May 2009 13:11:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2158#comment-118028 You should do Ph D on this subject, or may be Ph.D or may be Ph.D. :D nice brain-storming. You should do Ph D on this subject, or may be Ph.D or may be Ph.D. :D

nice brain-storming.

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