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Mother tongue: English

(con´t)

this abbreviation is used for "continued" in an instruction manual

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The apostophe seems to be in the wrong place - surely it should read (cont´). Should I change or is it okay to leave as is?

Closed on 6/25/2007 6:58 AM

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Thanks for all your input, all very imformative and useful.

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6/22/2007 3:14 PM

Even if "cont'd" indeed turns up 3.5 times more often with the word "manual," when one native speaker's (Jane's) opinion is against another one's (Nanna's), as a token of appreciation for assistance received, askers should reward ALL those constructively participating. So thank you, Emma, once again for not turning this into a popularity contest with just one answer "rewarded." Unlike reality shows, TCT is not about picking winners but about brainstorming.

6/22/2007 3:42 PM

I go for a bike ride and come home to this:-(. Thanks Jacek, for bringing a little sanity to the discussion.

6/22/2007 4:48 PM

Jacek...fine, fine...great even. [FYI, I am NOT BEING SARCASTIC OK?] But I just want to point out: your second PDF, I could not find /contd/ in the PDF. And in the first, it says the "correct abbreviation". As a magazine and newsletter writer, all the publications I worked with used: Cont'd, (Cont'd) at the end of a column of text. I am not trying to win anything just being Precise with Regarding to Magazine and Newspaper Layouts. What counts is experience. And I do happen to have that experience laying out Magazines, Newsletters and Type in Columns.

6/22/2007 5:15 PM

Jane, you should look for "cont'd" in the PDF, not "contd.", which is in the first link only. As for the publications - nobody doubts your experience here, but as you can see even Time is not sure which version to use. :-)

Edited by User8169 on 6/22/2007 5:16 PM

6/22/2007 5:29 PM

Re: even Time is not sure which version to use

Well, that's because they should hire people who are sure. :)

Edited by User5457 on 6/22/2007 5:30 PM

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cont´d

In the end I decided to go with this use of the contraction. Thanks again.

6/25/2007 6:58 AM

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Mother tongue: English

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Thanks - that makes sense.

cont'd

the apostrophe never goes cont'...cheers. I would change it, if I were doing it...Specific Use: In printed magazines, newspapers and columns of type, one generally sees (cont'd) or cont'd. So, I would assume that this also applies to computer manuals. I looked in a couple I have and that is what I saw.

6/22/2007 12:37 PM

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Thanks that is very useful

contd.

Apostrophe is not needed here. The one above is a standard abbreviaiton, listed in Webster for instance. Another option would be "cont." but this one gives more meanings:

cont.

1 containing

2 contents

3 continent

4 continental

5 continued

6 control

so I'd use the one in the heading (contd.)

6/22/2007 12:52 PM

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6/22/2007 1:08 PM

Thank you

6/22/2007 1:24 PM

You're welcome, Emma :-)

I just wanted to draw your attention to the fact, that apostrophes are not used to form abbreviaitons. They are used to form contractions (you are = you're), to make posessive case (Emma's), before the endings of plural nouns that don't normally have a plural form (There are two m's, two t's and two e's in the word "committee") and with the numbers (1960's) and acronyms (VIP's).

Since "continued" is neither of the above, we shouldn't use an apostrophe here, methinks.

Edited by User8169 on 6/22/2007 1:25 PM

6/22/2007 1:34 PM

I agree with Vladimir. I would NOT use an apostrophe

6/22/2007 1:54 PM

Sorry to be a naysayer but when /continued/refers to a continuation of text, as in a manual or magazine article, we used /(Cont'd) or (Cont'd on page x). Here is an example from a dissertation style guide:

2. If a table continues to the following page, the top line should read "Table 10 (cont'd)." The caption is not repeated.

In any manual, Quick Start Guides, etc. the form is always (Cont'd)...Really....

6/22/2007 1:54 PM

Thank you, Nanna! :-)

The rules I've mentioned above are the ones I remember from my school days, which was quite a while ago, and maybe these rules have changed and it is now possible to form an abbreviaiton with an apostrophe. I just don't have any recent style guides handy to check.

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