Remove the period after the apostrophe
Error2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
“Ass’n”, “Dep’t”, “Nat’l” — an abbreviation that ends in an apostrophe plus the word’s last letters takes no period.1
- 1R. 6.1(b) Periods; B6 Abbreviations, Numerals, and Symbols.
- 2An error: the rule in note 1 allows one form, and this is not it.
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