Abbreviate the words still spelled out
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
Where part of a speaker’s title or institution is abbreviated and the rest is not, the remaining words are abbreviated too — “Fed. Election Comm’n”, not “Fed. Election Commission”.1
- Wrong
- Fed. Election Commission
- Right
- Fed. Election Comm’n
- 1R. 17.2.6 Speeches and Addresses. Tables: T6 Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations; T10 Geographical Terms.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.
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