Use the correct abbreviation
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
A shortened word in a publisher's name takes the table's own punctuation, not a private contraction of it: “Nat’l Acad. Press”, not “Natl. Acad. Press”.1
- Wrong
- Natl. Acad. Press
- Right
- Nat’l Acad. Press
- 1R. 15.2(d) No named parties; R. 15.2(c) No named parties. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T10 Geographical Terms; R. 15.1(e) Abbreviations; R. 15.1(d) Abbreviations.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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