A. Wallwork
, English for Research Usage, Style, and Grammar,DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1593-0_22, © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
22.1 main usage 1. The
first time you use an acronym, write the word out in full, followed by the acronym in brackets. Afterwards, just use the acronym.
2. Each letter of an acronym is usually capitalized.
3. The written full form of an acronym mayor may not require initial capital letters.
4. Exceptions to Rule 3 are frequent when one of the letters in the acronym is a preposition (typically
of ).
5. Acronyms that include a number can be found either in upper or lowercase (e.g.
B2B or
b2b =
business to business ).
6. Do not repeat the final abbreviated word in the text following the abbreviation.
YES NO 1 Orders are dealt with on ab first in
first out (FIFO) basis. Orders are dealt with on ab FIFO ( first
in first out) basis.
2 We are part of ab NASAb project. We are part of ab Nasab project.
3 Users require ab pb ersonal
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