Re: Middle Initial: period or no period?

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Chicago explicitly says to add a period anyway.

On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 1:45 PM Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net> wrote:
>
> Does CMOS make a distinction for single letter names that are not initials?
>
> On 1/2/2019 1:04 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
> > Not if you're using the Chicago MOS.
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> >> My father also only has a middle initial, not a middle name.  So it would
> >> be incorrect to put a period after it.hives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
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