> So my question is: is the superscript attribute essential in French to
> understand these abbreviations (as it is in Italian), or is
> it desirable but
> optional (as it is in English)?
Not to understand them. While understanding is subjective, it is usually
evident from the context that these are abbreviations, and which ones they
are. I wouldn't wish them to be encoded as characters myself. Displaying
them properly is what typography is for.
YA
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