Abbreviations for titles with proper names

TITLES BEFORE PROPER NAMES

• Mr. Rafael Zabala

• Ms. Nancy Linehan

• Mrs. Edward Horn

• Dr. Margaret Simmons

• the Rev. John Stone

• Prof. James Russo

TITLES AFTER PROPER NAMES

• William Albert Sr.

• Thomas Hines Jr.

• Anita Lor, PhD

• Robert Simkowski, MD

• Margaret Chin, LLD

• Polly Stein, DDS

NOTE:MLA and APA styles call for a comma between a proper name and Sr. or Jr. following it. Chicago (CMS) style does not use a comma (as shown here).

Exercise: Abbreviations

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Capitalizing personal titles