And some of the media still don’t realize “DES PLAINES, Ill.” should be “Des Plaines, IL”. The old state abbreviations pretty much died out some time back. (though I kinda liked them).
“And some of the media still don’t realize “DES PLAINES, Ill.” should be “Des Plaines, IL”. The old state abbreviations pretty much died out some time back. (though I kinda liked them).”
It was the two letter US postal codes that killed them.
On the other hand, “Ill.” describes Illinois very well, MUCH better than IL.
“Some time back”? You might say! Non-mandatory five-digit ZIP Codes were introduced nationwide on July 1, 1963 — only 55 years ago.
The writer isn’t addressing a letter here. The use of “Ill.” is suggested by a style manual.