Angela Colley. A mortgage â a loan to finance the purchase of your home â is likely the largest debt youâll ever take on. A mortgage is actually made up of several parts â the collateral you used to secure the loan, your principal and interest payments, taxes and insurance.
They are abbreviations for the Latin terms ante meridiem and post meridiem, and should therefore always be capitalized. Technically they should be spelled A.M. and P.M. fâ¦or the same reason, but they are most often not and it is considered correct either way.
Since midnight and noon are the meridiems referred to, it is my understanding that the two are neither AM nor PM, they are just 12:00. Not just 12, but rather 12 Noon and 12 Midnight. Pingback: uberVU - social comments() Pingback: Tweets that mention What AM and PM Stand For -- Topsy.com() Medisoft. Interesting info, and when referring to 12:00, I usually write it as either ânoonâ or âmidnightâ vs 12:00pm and 12:00am, or 12 noon/midnight.