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Bookmark or Share- What is the proper abbreviation for not applicable?According to the Wikipedia article entitled "Manual of Style (abbreviations)", N/A is the only one that is proper; however, according to the Wikipedia article entitled "n/a" ("Not applicable" redirects to "n/a"), all of the other forms are also acceptable. Thank you.
- Abbreviation of "September", "Sep." or "Sept." - WordReference ForumsGoogle is very unreliable in these cases. Even without using the tilde character, google will usually look up synonyms as well as the word you type, so if you google 'sep 11th', you will find that it returns results that do not contain the word sep, but do have September.
- Swedish: ä = ae ? ö = oe? Acceptable? - WordReference ForumsIt's acceptable, but it's less common in the Scandinavian languages than it is in German (probably because æøåäö count as separate letters here, and not just as accented letters as in German, French, etc).
- acceptable - WordReference ForumsAcceptable and convenient are both fine from a language standpoint. However, there is also a cultural issue. Where is your partner located? The reason I ask is that saying the time is "acceptable" at least in AE is very stiff and formal, as is your "please be informed" sentence. I would only use that sentence if I was in litigation with the person.
- acceptable to - acceptable for - WordReference Forumsacceptable to acceptable for Usually, to is used when what follows is a person or something that could accept or not accept the subject, as in the topic example and these: Asked whether those changes are acceptable to the Armenian side no readymade solution would be acceptable to the people of Kashmir But occasionally for is used, and seems OK.
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