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Sep 21, 2016 at 23:42 vote accept N.R. in Seoul
Sep 12, 2016 at 10:33 answer added TvF timeline score: 1
Sep 3, 2016 at 14:05 comment added GEdgar I remember a movie (or TV show) where someone picked up a book from a table and read the title: "The Biography of Malcolm the Tenth".
Sep 3, 2016 at 13:33 answer added Chris H timeline score: 0
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Jul 26, 2016 at 21:04 history tweeted twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/758045247641452544
Jul 25, 2016 at 20:53 comment added Hot Licks No, there is no general rule.
Jul 25, 2016 at 19:58 history edited N.R. in Seoul CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jul 25, 2016 at 19:54 comment added John Lawler No. There can't be a fixed rule for popular abbreviations; they leave out what's predictable in a phrase, and that's different for different phrases.
Jul 25, 2016 at 19:34 comment added user180089 the rule is that "the second" should only be used with people's names.
Jul 25, 2016 at 19:29 history asked N.R. in Seoul CC BY-SA 3.0