Tips on how to become a ‘viz.’ whiz
Three Latin abbreviations cause no end of confusion in English, viz. , , and itself. I had to think carefully about the correct way to use here, because it is an abbreviation I have often read – 18th- and 19th-century texts are chock-full of – yet never before and can be confounding enough, without bringing into it. They are “frequently confused even by the most conscientious writers,” according to Merriam-Webster.
