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August 15

Correct abbreviation for "United States"

For Wikipedia purposes, what is the correct abbreviation: U. S. Marine Corps or U.S. Marine Corps? Is there (or is there not) a blank space between the "U." and the "S."? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 21:05, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

I note that in the article, all occurrences of "U.S." lack a space. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:51, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:20, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

For Wikipedia purposes, see MOS:ABBR#Countries and multinational unions, which specifies "U.S." unless "US" is used. --76.69.47.228 (talk) 00:21, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Official policy page Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations... AnonMoos (talk) 00:25, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 03:27, 16 August 2018 (UTC)

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