Feb 22, 2017ย ยท Recently, I was reading articles on the net and realised that there is a lot of ambiguity over the usage of Dr. and Dr, Er. and Er etc. I usually prefer the dot while writing Doctor (Dr.) or Engin.

On the other hand, using Dr. before the name of all who hold medical doctor degrees and doctorates is cumbersome for readers. Instead, University style recommends that in most instances, a person's โ€ฆ

I think when you use "Dr" or "Dr's" (with or without the period) as an abbreviation for Doctor, it's fine if used in an informal setting. After all, you are abbreviating the word "Doctor" in a generic sense, โ€ฆ

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Oct 26, 2016ย ยท "Dr." is an abbreviation for "doctor", and either can be used in most situations. However, it is not idiomatic to say, eg, "Frank is a Dr. at Memorial Hospital", or "Joe is sick so I called the Dr.". โ€ฆ

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