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[Music] abbreviations abbreviations are a shortened form of words or phrases they are made by leaving certain letters of words out and replacing them with other letters or symbols typically a period sometimes abbreviations are used because there isn't enough space to write out the whole word or sometimes writing abbreviations is just faster picture this your teacher just assigned you to write out all 50 states on a small index card and you only have five minutes to do it you know that you only have a limited amount of space and time to write each state so how would you complete the assignment by using abbreviations here's a list of all 50 states and their abbreviations notice how both letters are always capitalized you also don't need to use a period at the end the united states post office uses these abbreviations for mail so the next time you get the mail you can look on the envelope and see if you can spot the abbreviation for your state common abbreviations you probably use abbrevi