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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. I am editing a military memoir with frequent use of acronyms such as IED...these terms be spelled out throughout the manuscript, or is it appropriate to use the acronym after it...has been described in a parenthetical on the first reference? A. By all means, use the acronyms. The... |
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| comes to acronyms, the rule is you spell out the words first followed by the acronym in parentheses..., and then use the acronym for later references in the copy. If there are no other mentions of the... acronym later in the copy, then you just spell it out without the acronym in parentheses. Is this correct... |
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| FAQ Item Plurals Q. My question refers to the plural use of acronyms and initialisms. As I have...always understood it, the acronym or initialism can be pluralized only if the last letter indicates the...initialism. What is the correct way to make acronyms or initialisms plural? A. If you can stop... |
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| begin a sentence with an acronym. If the acronym is not a common one, NASA for example, wouldn’t it be...appropriate to instead begin the sentence with the word The and then the acronym? I am having a...difficult time with beginning a sentence with acronyms. A. The use of the definite article with an... |
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| FAQ Item Plurals Q. How do you pluralize an acronym where the plural form of the word written out...does not use an s? For example, if I have an acronym of ALC that stands for Adorable Little Child and...want to make the acronym plural (i.e., Adorable Little Children), do I use the s or leave it out... |
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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. Is it acceptable to use an acronym for the first time in a subheading? Or...should an acronym only be used in the information that follows a subheading even if it’s the second...think of a good reason to allow or disallow various placements of an acronym. An acronym may be used anywhere it is helpful and not out-and-out ugly.... |
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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. I frequently use the acronym GAAP, which stands for generally accepted...accounting principles. Would the acronym be considered a collective noun? Would I treat GAAP as a...singular subject when using the acronym but as a plural subject when spelling it out? What if I do both... |
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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. The acronym NVM stands for “non-volatile memory.” The acronym NVMe stands...already been defined as part of another acronym? A. Why not explain that there are two overlapping... acronyms in this article and set everyone straight from the get-go? Contrary to popular belief, there is... |
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| Engineering Instruction Team (SEIT).” However, this acronym is already defined in the body of a...SEIT means upon first glance at the table of contents. I say it’s okay to redefine the acronym if it...suddenly becomes the title of a major section. Is it ever okay to redefine an acronym after it has... |
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| FAQ Item Abbreviations Q. I am editing a book in which the author uses one acronym to refer to a....” How should I handle this? How would you spell out the acronym on first mention? (I am working on the...second edition, and the use of the one acronym was accepted for the first edition.) A. I’m afraid... |
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