Ltd in speech

[nyota]

How do you refer to Ltd in speech? Do you just say el-tee-dee or rather go for the full form 'limited company'? Which one's more common, if any?

[Barb_D]

I just say "limited."

[nyota]

Thanks Barb_D, could you also put it into a sentence?

[Rover_KE]

'He's a salesman for Clearer Windows Ltd.'

This is pronounced as '. . .Clearer Windows Limited.'

Rover

[eddy143]

actually since we are dealing with formal grammar, we should better use "limited".

[Rover_KE]

actually since we are dealing with formal grammar, we should better use "limited".

Not so.

Ltd, as part of the name of a company such as in my example, is a perfectly standard abbreviation suitable for any degree of formality.

It is not abbreviated in a sentence like 'He works for a limited company.'

Rover