

In both cases, writing continued on next page, or continued on page X is the best way to ensure that the person reading understands where to find the rest of the text.1. In journalism, stories sometimes start on one page of a newspaper and continue on another non-adjacent page. However, if you’re creating a table, for example, that spans multiple pages, you might want to point out that it continues on another page. In most situations you don’t have to do it-people know how to read something that’s written over multiple pages, and page numbers are usually all you need to keep a document in order. In some cases, you might want to point out that something continues on the next page. It lacks more than half of the letters of the original word, and it has an apostrophe in an inappropriate place. What you get isn’t an abbreviation, but it is a contraction.Ĭon’t, on the other hand, mixes the rules of abbreviations and contractions. With cont’d, you’re taking out the – inue from “continued” and replacing it with an apostrophe. Its full form is cannot, but if you take out some of the letters from the middle and add an apostrophe where they should be, you get a grammatically correct contraction. Even though it might not be mentioned in style guides, it’s not incorrect. That being said, if you have to adhere to a specific style guide when you’re writing, it would be a good idea to check it for instructions.Ĭont’d is another way of making continued shorter. as the abbreviation for continued will not get you in trouble in general use, and it probably won’t get you in trouble in academic or professional use. Most style guides, including The Chicago Manual of Style, advise that if you have to abbreviate the word continue, you should write “cont” and add a period after it. Grammarly helps you communicate confidently Write with Grammarly Cont.
