Abbreviations

e.g.           for example

i.e.           that is

etc.          etcetera: and so on

cf.            compare

viz.          namely

c. (or cr.) about/approximately

N.B         note

C19         nineteenth century

C20

1920s      i.e.1920-1929: similarly 1970s etc.

approx.   approximately

dept.       department

diff.(s)    difficult(y)(-ies)

excl.       excluding

govt.       government

imp.        important/ importance

incl.        including

info.        information

lang.        language

ltd.           limited

max.        maximum

min.         minimum

1^st            first

2^nd           second

3^rd

G.B.        Great Britain

U.K        United Kingdom

Eng.        English

Brit.        British

Q.            question

A.            Answer

no.          nummber

p.pp.      page/pages

poss.      possible/possibly

prob.      probable/probably

probs.     problems

re-          with refeerence to/ concerning

ref.        reference

sts.         studens

tho’       though           

thro’      through

v.           very

 \       therefore