<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3>Another much less controversial difference seems to be the different use of the full stop/period in abbreviations. US tends to retain the period in say St. Mary , or J. R. R. Tolkien, whereas many non-US users would drop the dot.<BR>
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