NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
End Punctuation
Army writing closely parallels civilian writing in the use of end punctuation. There
Purpose
is some variation in Army use and this is shown in the table below.
Read the rules and examples in this table.
Rules
Rule
Example
Do not use periods with military
TOE
AR
abbreviations.
LTC
CPT
SFC
CDR
BN
CONUS
Use periods with commonly accepted
i.e.
Mr.
non-military abbreviations.
e.g.
Mrs.
Use question marks in military writing as you would use it in non-military writing.
Question marks
The exclamation point is associated with emotional appeal. You should not use it
Exclamation
point often in military writing.
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Writing Mechanics and Composition
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