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This is what makes acronyms unique—you can read them as they appear, even though they stand for something else. The pronunciation of acronyms can vary, however. Sometimes it's just a question of, " Can the acronym be pronounced as a word? However, there's no set rule that governs this. Knowing how to pronounce acronyms depends a lot your awareness of the world around you, but it's not the end of the world if you make a mistake. Sometimes you may need to explain the acronym when using it in writing.
Style guides suggest that you write the acronym first, followed by the full name or phrase in parentheses. You can also write them in the opposite order—whatever makes more sense. In short, if the acronym is more widely known, list it first; if it's more obscure, you may want to start with the entire phrase.
A lot of contemporary acronyms might need to be explained for different reasons this also applies to the chat abbreviations that we discussed earlier. As always, this type of slang can be OK in certain contexts, but it might leave some readers feeling confused. As you now know, abbreviations and acronyms can save time and space, and they can make your writing easier to read.
Below is a sample that contains the full form of several different words, phrases, and expressions. Do you know which acronyms and abbreviations could be used as substitutes? AKA is an acronym for also known as. Even though it could be pronounced as a word it has the right combination of consonants and vowels , it's always pronounced literally— A-K-A.
It can be used to refer to someone who is a junior in name for example, Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior is a related abbreviation—as in Martin Luther King, Sr. If you've heard the acronym before, but never knew what it stood for, that's OK. This is one of those special cases where the acronym is now more common than the original phrase. OJ stands for orange juice —yet another term that we didn't cover in this lesson, but it's easy to see the connection.
Did you get this one right? OJ is more of a slang term than an official abbreviation or acronym. It's used almost exclusively in conversation and casual writing and your weekly shopping list. Like OJ , it's more like slang than an official acronym. Good guess if you got this one right. Min is the abbreviation for minute. Notice that it's not capitalized in the sentence, and it doesn't use a period either. This is common for certain types of abbreviations especially those related to time and measurement.
However, in your own writing, feel free to add a period if it makes the abbreviation easier to read. Maybe you've seen it spelled a different way on a certain cereal box—ever heard of Cap'n Crunch?
That's more of a slang abbreviation, used in conversation and casual writing sometimes as a joke. It's one of the few abbreviations that can be pronounced literally as in rhymes with "ink" , or the same as the word it's based on. Save This Word! Also called nut.
We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms. Origin of en First recorded in — This prefix is also attached to verbs in order to make them transitive, or to give them a transitive marker if they are already transitive enkindle; enliven; enshield; enface.
Also before labial consonants , em- 1. Compare be- , in- 2. Also before labial consonants , em- 2. Origin of en- 2 From Greek often through Latin ; cognate with in- 1 , in- 2.
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