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Abbreviations are common ways to shorten long words, phrases, and proper nouns
For more formal writing, always write out the initial word, phrase, or proper noun and show the
An acronym is a series of initial letters for a word or phrase
Acronyms are pronounced as a single word, like NASA, IKEA, or radar (Radio Detection and Ranging)
For example, the NFL (National Football League) is pronounced en-eff-ell
If you’re referring to a player in the NFL, you would write, "an NFL player" because
Another common abbreviation to use is for courtesy titles like "Mr
" in the US (US is an initialism) or "Mr" "Ms" and "Dr" in the UK (another initialism)
If you don’t have a style guide, choose one way and stick with it in all
" Again, if your style guide doesn’t specify, pick one way and stick to it
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