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"UN English" generally follows British/Oxford usage, although there are a few exceptions: writing "Mr." with the full stop, "sulfur" rather than "sulphur", "1.30 pm" (not 1:30 pm or 13:30) etc.

I think it's a decent compromise. All the Zs make it look weird to British readers, and all the Us make it look weird to Americans.

https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/editorial-manual/punctua... ("full stop").



Writing `Mr.' is like writing `3rd.': the point in abbreviations is an ellipsis, but there is nothing after the `r' in `Mister'.


Well yes, it should really be Mʳ and 3ʳᵈ. The latter is still in common use, the former not so much.


Agreed. References to occurrences of M^r are welcome.


M'r?


This makes the most sense. Like Ma’am for Madam.




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