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posted by [identity profile] heleninwales.livejournal.com at 09:57am on 07/01/2013
I think I've usually seen it without the apostrophe, so your suggestion that "Masters" is being regarded as a label makes sense.

I usually ponder it for a moment, then give up and write MA, MSc or MEd. Though that leads to a mental debate about whether to use fullstops in the abbreviation or not. :)
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posted by [identity profile] lil-shepherd.livejournal.com at 10:13am on 07/01/2013
I've never been able to figure out the rules for whether you use a period in initials and abbreviations (and there is an abbreviation in MSc, for instance) or not. This hit me full tilt recently when reading some stories (both pro and fan) where the author put a period at the end of Mr, Mrs and Miss (Mr. Mrs. Miss.) which throws me completely, but I would be shocked to see M.(for Monsieur) without it. Does it come down to 'use for pure initials' which would make M.A. right but M.Sc. wrong? Are Mr. and Mrs. wrong because they both end with the last letter of the abbreviated word? (Mister and Missus/Mistress.) Or do you just throw up your hands in despair and consult the style book of whatever publication you happen to be writing for?

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