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Bookmark or Share- Is there a common abbreviation for "with or without"? e.g. w/wo or w/w/o👉 Baskets come w/fries+slaw 👉 Naked dogs come w/o buns 👉 Fries and rings available w±o/salt. And so you order yourself up: 1 redhot basket w/rings 1 bratwurst basket w/kraut 1 naked polish w/chili 3 redhots w/o onions 1 knockwurst w/catsup
- Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US?I purposely didn't mention I/O & c/o in my previous comment as I was aware of those. In particular, c/o has been used as long as I can remember. But otherwise this suggests I was roughly correct. Of course, it doesn't indicate what the abbreviations meant (e.g. A/C - see prev. comment.) I suppose also that w/o would show up as both w/o & w/? –
- technical - Usage of "w.r.t." in academic papers - English Language ...When I see w.r.t. I interpret it as with respect to. Per ngrams for with respect to,with regard to,with reference to,With respect to,With regard to,With reference to, phrase with respect to occurs more often than either phrase you mentioned. –
- Usage of the abbreviations "w/" and "w/o" in presentationsAccording to this discussion Are "w/o", "w/", "b/c" common abbreviations in the US? the meaning of these abbreviations is well known in English speaking countries. Recently, a colleague pointed out that these abbreviations do not look very professional on slides presented at some conferences.
- pronunciation - Why is the 'w' silent in "sword"? - English Language ...The W in two and sword is silent because of that reason (i.e. [t, s] [w] [back vowel]). Swore, sworn and swollen also lost their W's at one point due to the same reason, but were later on restored due to analogy 1 with swear and swell. Swear and swell hadn't lost their W's because they had front vowels after the W. [Trask's Historical Linguistics]
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