Re: am pm or AM PM

["Sandy, Corinne" <CHS8 -at- CPSOD1 -dot- EM -dot- CDC -dot- GOV>]

AM or am?

I prefer AM but I do not have any citations to reference to for my choice.



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Any suggestions on which way to write am/pm, small case or caps? Does it
make a difference? I've always seen it in lower case.