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Old 02-07-2008, 06:18 AM
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Default Any grammar ****'s wish to enlighten?
So, at the end of a sentence is it:

I went to Washington, D.C. Then I went home.

I went to Washington, D.C.. Then I went home.
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Old 02-07-2008, 06:23 AM
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Default I believe it's the first. But are you really using that as a second sentence?
It would be more succinct if you said "I went to Washington D.C., then I went home."
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Default I went to Washington, D.C. It sucked so I went home.
Confirmed by my wife the English major.
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Default You only need a single period. However, the commonly accepted abbreviation for the District of
Columbia is DC (no periods) as it is with the states (VA, MD, etc.).

I also agree with Jim on the second sentence.
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Old 02-07-2008, 06:29 AM
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Default Don't you mean?
"Confirmed by my wife, the English major." :P
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First one is correct. Second one is not.
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obvious, why she, the wife, is the English major, and not I :P
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I went to Washington, DC. Then, I went home.
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That was just an example for illustration... a coworker was confused...
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Default hehe
although I think it should say not me instead of not I, but I'm not 100% on that.
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