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Are you sure you know what acronyms are? Really? By Chinua Asuzu
Not every abbreviation is an acronym. Loosely, any shortened form of a word, phrase, or term is an abbreviation. But lawyers, linguists, and scholars draw distinctions between abbreviations, acronyms, clippings,…
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Does mere entry in a dictionary qualify a word for use as defined or at all? The short answer is NO.
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Are you sure you know what acronyms are? Really? By Chinua Asuzu
Not every abbreviation is an acronym. Loosely, any shortened form of a word, phrase, or term is an abbreviation. But…