California (CA)
Georgia (GA)
Iowa (IA)
Louisiana (LA)
Massachusetts (MA)
Pennsylvania (PA)
Virginia (VA)
Washington (WA)
Example: It was a long time before he decided he should move from NY to GA. In other words, state abbreviations should be used in a sentence anytime using the full name of the state is not desired.
In 1959, as part of the Zone Improvement Plan (ZIP Code).
Prior to the introduction of two-letter state abbreviations in 1963, "Miss." was the official abbreviation for "Mississippi".
There is no state with "WA" as the abbreviation. All the W state abbreviations are as told: Washington WA West Virginia WV Wisconsin WI Wyoming WY
Calif. was the popular abbreviation for California from the time it became a territory until 1963, when the US Postal Service introduced standardized two-letter state abbreviations. Starting in 1963, CA is the official abbreviation of California. Two-letter state abbreviations were introduced to make room from Zip Codes, which were also introduced in that year.
Alaska (AK) Oklahoma (OK)
The state abbreviations of (ME) isMAINE
No, state abbreviations can be left without periods on addressed envelopes and/or packages.
TN
The abbreviations for OR stand for Oregon.
Vic.
You can make words such as "me," "it," "ate," "at," and "is" using state abbreviations like ME (Maine), IT (Idaho), AT (American Samoa), and IS (Iowa).
ID
Alaska (AK) Oklahoma (OK)
Example: It was a long time before he decided he should move from NY to GA. In other words, state abbreviations should be used in a sentence anytime using the full name of the state is not desired.
1963
Acronyms are pronounced as a word. Abbreviations are not read the way they are written as we pronounce the expanded form of it. An Acronym may not end with a period(.) ; however an Abbreviation may end with a period(.)