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Acronyms & Initialisms
We use abbreviations every day when we're writing. Most of you know that abbreviations that are pronounced as words are called
acronyms -- think of NATO, AIDS, or OPEC. But did you know that
abbreviations that are pronounced one letter at a time are called
initialisms? According to the Gregg Reference Manual, 10th Edition
(¶501), abbreviations like FBI, HTML, IBM, and DVD are technically
initialisms, not acronyms. That's a new one for me! Apparently not every
grammar authority makes this distinction, so don't feel bad if you have
never heard the term "initialisms" until now.
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