Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Posts tagged acronyms

This tag doesn't have any usage information yet.

This tag doesn't have a detailed wiki yet.

66%
+2 −0
Q&A Acronyms in Technical Writing

I can't find a standard, is the most common use to have the abbreviation followed by the defintion? Example NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Rachel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

50%
+0 −0
Q&A Should I write "also known as" in full or as an acronym (aka)?

Example: It was located in the East Coast National Scenic Area, also known as China's Last Unspoiled Land. Is that how it should be written? Should I put it in quotes? Should I write it in ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

60%
+1 −0
Q&A Spaces within abbreviations, acronyms, and initials

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 sty...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by TheLearner‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

50%
+0 −0
Q&A Why are Americans obsessed with acronyms, abreviations and initials? [closed]

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. Here's the thing . . . There's a difference between text and sp...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Surtsey‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

50%
+0 −0
Q&A Should I use acronyms in dialogues before telling the readers what it stands for in fiction?

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 dialogu...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

60%
+1 −0
Q&A Where to put acronym/abbreviation explanation?

I'm writing my thesis, and I use some acronyms in it. For example "MDBs" = "Multilateral Development Banks". Usually, I write "Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs)" the first time I cite it and ...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by CarLaTeX‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

50%
+0 −0
Q&A How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used?

How do you transcribe a dialogue when abbreviations are used? For example, when people uses acronyms like FBI or abbreviations like a.m., do we just write them as we write them when they're in a d...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by blackbird‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

50%
+0 −0
Q&A Having an acronym for a villainous organization

I have this organization in my working book called NOVA. And it means National Occupation Variation Association. they basically take people from their homes and families and force them to work o...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Aspen the Artist and Author‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question novel acronyms
50%
+0 −0
Q&A An organization writes its acronym in lower-case - do I have to, too?

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 necocc, i.e. lower-case...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by user13119‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭