Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
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Initialisms are abbreviations which consist of the initial (i.e. first) letters of words and which are pronounced as separate letters when they are spoken. Examples include:
initialism | full form |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
MP | Member of Parliament |
UN | United Nations |
TUC | Trades Union Congress |
UK | United Kingdom |
CD | compact disc |
MPs | e.g. MPs voted against the bill. |
CDs | e.g. I bought some new CDs today. |
an MP’s salary | (i.e. the salary of an MP) |
a report on MPs’ expenses | (i.e. the expenses of MPs) |
the CD’s subtitle | (i.e. the subtitle of the CD) |
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