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AT&TCDCCNNEUFTCHMONAACPNAFTANFLNIMHNSFOPECTVAUNUNESCOVAWHOYMCAIf a company is not commonly known by an abbreviation, spell out <strong>and</strong> capitalize its namein the text. You may omit the terms Inc. or Ltd. from the name, <strong>and</strong> do not capitalize the wordthe at the beginning <strong>of</strong> the name.Merck <strong>and</strong> Companythe University <strong>of</strong> Chicago PressIn tables, figures, <strong>and</strong> citations, you may also use the following abbreviations in companynames. Note the differences in capitalization <strong>and</strong> punctuation.Assoc.Bros.Co.Corp.Inc.LP (limited partnership)Ltd.Mfg.PLC (public limited company)RR (railroad)Ry. (railway)24.3 Geographical Terms24.3.1 Place-NamesIn text, always spell out <strong>and</strong> capitalize the names <strong>of</strong> countries, states, counties, provinces,territories, bodies <strong>of</strong> water, mountains, <strong>and</strong> the like (see 22.1.1). One exception is the <strong>for</strong>merUnion <strong>of</strong> Soviet Socialist Republics, commonly referred to as the <strong>for</strong>mer USSR.Always spell out United States when using it as a noun. When using it as an adjective, youmay either abbreviate it to U.S. or spell it out (<strong>for</strong> a more <strong>for</strong>mal tone). By convention, itincludes periods, even though it is an acronym.

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