15 English abbreviations you need to know - EF GO Blog
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Abbreviations are shortened versions of words and sometimes end in a period (for example, accomm. for accommodation or adj.for adjective). Acronyms are pronounceable, so you read them out as if they’re a name, and are formed by using the first letter of each word in a phrase (such as NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Abbreviations are shortened versions of words and sometimes end in a period (for example, accomm. for accommodation or adj.for adjective). Acronyms are pronounceable, so you read them out as if they’re a name, and are formed by using the first letter of each word in a phrase (such as NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration). An initalism is when the word is pronounced letter by letter, such as the UN (the United Nations). (Fun fact – “the” is usually added before an initialism but not an acronym, as in “I’m an interpre...
Abbreviations are shortened versions of words and sometimes end in a period (for example, accomm. for accommodation or adj.for adjective).
Acronyms are pronounceable, so you read them out as if they’re a name, and are formed by using the first letter of each word in a phrase (such as NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
An initalism is when the word is pronounced letter by letter, such as the UN (the United Nations). (Fun fact – “the” is usually added before an initialism but not an acronym, as in “I’m an interpre...
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