Comments on: p. v. pp.

By: BriwnWren

BriwnWren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:46:28 +0000

And the plural for the barrels of a carburetor is bbl.

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By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:21:32 +0000

I have always used p. for one page and pp. for two or more pages.

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By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:56:50 +0000

I remember learning this in high school, when I was taking Latin. The textbook had a picture of a coin that bore the face of some monarch. The coin identified this person as the reigning emperor of "BRITTANNIA," if I remember the spelling correctly. According to the book, the double T to pluralize the word "Britannia" --- which in this case referred to the British Isles --- in the same way that "pp" means pages. Don't know why my brain held onto this all these years, but it did.

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By: Gyom

Gyom — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:46:37 +0000

Quoting Wikipedia : In Latin, and continuing to the derivative forms in European languages as well as English, single-letter abbreviations had the plural being a doubling of the letter for note-taking. Most of these deal with writing and publishing. The rest of the wp article discusses the use of the final period as well (cf "History" section).

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