| conventional haplography |
| Definition: The situation where the omission of normally required letters and punctuation is deemed acceptable. |
| Example:
There are billions of numbers, e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc.
(Though this violates a punctuation rule, convention allows you to use just one period instead of two to terminate a sentence that ends with an abbreviation.) |
| Etymology: The word was coined from the Greek haplos, simple or single + graphos, writing. |