https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/207.rssNew Posts Tagged 'acronyms' - WritingWriting - Codidact2019-12-13T12:00:45Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/22279Acronyms in Technical WritingRachelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/31812017-06-22T18:04:28Z2019-12-13T12:00:45Z<p>I can't find a standard, is the most common use to have the abbreviation followed by the defintion?
Example</p>
<p>NATO: <strong>N</strong>orth <strong>A</strong>tlantic <strong>T</strong>reat...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12748Should I write "also known as" in full or as an acronym (aka)?Alexandro Chenhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/6602015-04-02T03:24:01Z2019-12-13T12:00:28Z<p>Example:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It was located in the East Coast National Scenic Area, also known as<br>
<strong>China's Last Unspoiled Land</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is that how it shou...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11669Spaces within abbreviations, acronyms, and initialsTheLearnerhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29432014-11-19T11:51:57Z2019-12-13T12:00:26Z<p>I have come across examples supporting both spaced as well as non-spaced examples and that's what confuses me. I want to understand what the standard practice is as endorsed by any of the major ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/30682Why are Americans obsessed with acronyms, abreviations and initials?Surtseyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/8372018-09-13T12:30:44Z2019-12-12T21:57:27Z<p>If anybody has an answer to this question I'd love to hear it. And, yes, it is on topic because I've used the obsession in a story.</p>
<p>Here's the thing . . .</p>
<p>There's a difference be...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34701Should I use acronyms in dialogues before telling the readers what it stands for in fiction?repomonsterhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/70812019-03-16T23:48:37Z2019-12-08T18:46:45Z<p>There are occasions where you basically just start a chapter with a short descriptive passage and go straight to dialogues, so in those situations I am not sure how to deal with acronyms in dial...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38803Where to put acronym/abbreviation explanation?CarLaTeXhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/78702019-10-13T06:27:34Z2019-12-08T13:08:34Z<p>I'm writing my thesis, and I use some acronyms in it.</p>
<p>For example "MDBs" = "Multilateral Development Banks".</p>
<p>Usually, I write "Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)" the first ti...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36634How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used?blackbirdhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/74992019-06-12T01:27:06Z2019-12-08T12:10:22Z<p>How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used?</p>
<p>For example, when people uses acronyms like FBI or abbreviations like a.m., do we just write them as we write them when they...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/24671Having an acronym for a villainous organizationAspen the Artist and Authorhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/27142017-11-26T02:28:14Z2019-12-08T07:26:06Z<p>I have this organization in my working book called NOVA.</p>
<p>And it means National Occupation Variation Association. </p>
<p>they basically take people from their homes and families and for...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12492An organization writes its acronym in lower-case - do I have to, too?user13119https://writing.codidact.com/users/31582015-03-08T07:09:13Z2019-12-08T04:05:28Z<p>I'm writing an article that includes reference to an organization - let's say National Ecological Council of Concerned Citizens - which, instead of NECOCC, uses the acronym <em>necocc</em>, i.e...