Abbreviations

OTHER ABBREVIATIONS

I may use these abbreviations in my marginalia or end-comments. Note that most of them could be capitalized or not.

adj = adjective
adv = adverb
amb = ambiguous
aud = audience
bc = because
btw = between
cd = could
EM or em = Early Modern (i.e., Renaissance)
EME or eme = Early Modern England
EML or eml = Early Modern London
imp = important
IP or ip = iambic pentameter
MLA = Modern Language Association
mod = modern
n = noun
os = oneself
perf = performance
pl = plural
pt = point
qt = quote (the verb)
qtn= quotation (the noun)
ref = reference
sb = somebody
sd = stage direction(s)
sg = singular
Shak = Shakespeare
shd = should
so = someone
SOTA = state-of-the-art [notes]
sth = something
v = very
vb = verb
w = with
wd = would
wo or w/o = without
wrt = with respect to
yr = your
# = number (usually in the context of telling you to add a page number)
## = numbers (usually in the context of telling you to add page numbers)
♀ = woman
♀♀ = women
≠ = is not (e.g., “statement of fact ≠ TS”)