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Re: Should we wrap common abbreviations in tags?

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Dec 2, 2008 5:50PM

Dean Hamack wrote:

> Acronym:
> a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a
> set phrase or series of words

> Abbreviation:
> a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the
> whole

so you're saying that a word formed from the initial letters or groups
of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words isn't a shortened
or contracted form of a phrase, used to represent the whole?

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Patrick H. Lauke