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Subject:Abbreviation of State Names From:"Vollbach, Elizabeth" <evollbach -at- CCLINK -dot- LOGICON -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 24 May 1994 08:31:04 PST
If we want to get really nitpicky, Andreas, we wouldn't, as you
suggest, use an abbreviation such as "Mich." in text. If I am not
mistaken, and I don't think I am, state names are properly spelled out
in text. Beth
