If you don’t care about grammar, this is not the post for you. If you do, welcome to the club.
You’re probably seeing the name of the grand slam that’s going on right now written two different ways: U.S. Open and US Open. Which is correct?
You may be thinking, “The logo is written as ‘US Open,’ so the correct way is sans periods.” Not really a sound argument for grammarians since plenty of logos are stylized in ways that deviate from the rules of the English language.
In this case, however, the tournament logo has likely been stylized without periods to differentiate it from the U.S. Open golf tournament, which is spelled with periods in the logo and in all references.
Therefore, if you were to ask the people who write for the ATP, WTA or tournament website, they would say that “US Open” is correct, a nod to the logo design. You’ll also see it written this way on our blog (not by me) as some of our team members prefer this style.
If you were to ask me or anyone who writes for a news organization, we would say that it’s written as “U.S. Open,” which is in accordance with the Associated Press Stylebook. Are you bored yet?
Actually, if you were to ask writers at The New York Times, the tournament should be referred to as the United States Open on first reference (not including headlines), which I don’t do because this is not The New York Times and I can be cool and break the rules sometimes.
So there’s your grammar lesson for the day. So fun, right?!
