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Full Stop Ends Prof Letter Required Doctor Dr

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why has doctor no full stop but prof does

Dr Ingols and Prof. Munro
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only use a full stop at the end of a contraction if its last letter is different to the last letter of the whole word.

(Doctor ends in r - no full stop required.)
(Professor ends in r, but Prof ends in f - full stop required.)

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