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Re: Should we wrap common abbreviations in tags?
From: Dean Hamack
Date: Dec 2, 2008 5:45PM
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On 12/2/08 4:26 PM, "Patrick H. Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> all acronyms are abbreviations, but not all abbreviations are acronyms...
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Negative.
From Dictionary.com:
Acronym:
a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a
set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Corps, OPEC from
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, or loran from long-range
navigation.
Abbreviation:
a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the
whole, as Dr. for Doctor, U.S. for United States, lb. for pound.
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