A specific type of abbreviation having no parallel in Russian is represented by Latin abbreviations which sometimes are not read as Latin words but substituted by their English equivalents.

Some of them are:

ad lib (Latin ad libitum) - at pleasure;

a.m. (Latin ante meridiem) - in the morning;

c.f. (Lat conferre) - compare;

cp. (Latin comparare) - compare;

e.g. (Lat exempli gratia) - for example;

loc.cit. (Lat locus citato) - in the passage cited;

ob. (Lat obiit) - he (she) died;

p.m. (Lat post meridiem) - in the afternoon;

Actual letters are also read in the following cases:

a.m.['ei 'em], e.g., i.e., p.m.

An interesting feature of present - day English is the use of initial abbreviations for famous persons' names and surnames. Thus, George Bernard Shaw is often alluded to as G.B.S., Herbert George Wells as H.G.  E.g.: " Oh, yes...where was I?"  " With ... Читать дальше »