1. Trang chủ
  2. » Tất cả

Give The Full Form Of These Followings:

18 1 0

Đang tải... (xem toàn văn)

Tài liệu hạn chế xem trước, để xem đầy đủ mời bạn chọn Tải xuống

THÔNG TIN TÀI LIỆU

Thông tin cơ bản

Định dạng
Số trang 18
Dung lượng 598,5 KB

Nội dung

Give the full form of these followings ABBREVIATIONSABBREVIATIONS Give the full form of these followings Give the full form of these followings 1 USA1 USA 2 NATO2 NATO 3 UNO3 UNO 4 VOA4 VOA 5 V Day5 V[.]

ABBREVIATIONS Give the full form of these followings: 1.USA 2.NATO 3.UNO 4.VOA 5.V- Day 6.TV 7.Prof 8.Zoo 9.ITCC 10.ASEAN 11.FM 12.Interpol 13.B.C 14.brunch 15.UNESCO United Nations of America North Atlantic Treaty Organization United Nations Organization Voice of America Victory day Television Professor Zoological garden International Training and Consultancy Center Association of South-East Asia Nations Frequency modulation International Criminal Police Organization Before Christ Breakfast and lunch United Nations Educasional, Scientific and Cultural organization So what is Abbreviation? How many types of Abbreviation? How to make Abbreviation? An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or phrase.( the shortening of a word or phrase to be used to represent the full form.) There are four main types of abbreviations: clipped forms, acronyms, blended forms and contractions  Clipped forms Clipped forms of words usually consist of the few letters of the full form Eg: cont = continued, in = inch limo = limousine, hippo = hippopotamus bus = omnibus, taxi = taxicab zoo = zoological garden, deli = delicatessen ad = advertisement, dorm = dormitory memo = memorandum + Initial clipping: the first part of a word is clipped : Phone = telephone, plane = airplane… + Final clipping: the last part of a word is clipped : Exam = examination, Lab = laboratory, sis = sister, prof = professor, doc = document… + Initio- final clipping: both the first and the last parts are clipped flu = influenza, tec = detective… + Medial clipping: the medial part is clipped: maths = mathematics, specs = spectacles, V-day = Victory day, H-bomb = Hydro bomb… 2 Acronyms Acronyms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name.( Acronyms also are the new words built from the initials of several words ) Eg:BBC = British Broadcasting Corporation VOA = Voice of America UNO = United Nations Organization UNESCO = United Nations Educasional, Scientific and Cultural Organization R&R = rest and recreation R&D = research and development  ASAP = as soon as possible ITALY = I trust and love you BTW = by the way… ☼ There are two special cases of Acronyms: Monograms and Homonymy Monograms: are two or more letters combined in one design They are usually used in hand-kerchiefs, note-paper and in wedding invitations Homonymy: are based on the use of idetical sounds of words and letters Eg: I.O.U = I owe you, G9 = good night, B4 = before, OIC = Oh,I see, N = and CU29 = see you to night, 10Q = thank you 3 Blending Blending is the special type of shortening where parts of words merge into one new word Eg: brunch = breakfast + lunch, smog = smoke + fog, motol ( motel) = motor + hotel, medicare = medical + care Broccoflower = broccoli + cauliflower camcorder = camera + recorder edutainment = education + entertainment infomercial = information + commercial simulcast = simultaneous + broadcast spork = spoon + pork  Contractions Contractions are abbreviated forms in which letters from the middle of the full form have been omitted ►A kind of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: ☻The first category of contractions is those formed by an auxiliary verb or form of be plus the word not, with the o replaced by an apostrophe, e.g don't (do not), wouldn't (would not), can't (cannot), didn't (did not), haven't (have not) Notable exceptions include won't (will not), shan't (shall not), and, in nonstandard English, ain't (is not, are not, am not) ☻The second category is generally in the form of a pronoun (or occasionally a noun) plus an auxiliary verb or a form of to be, with the apostrophe replacing as few as one letter, as in it's for it is , or four and five letters, as in I'd for I would or I should, or two in you've = you have Some more examples: dep’t = department add’l = additional, ass’n = association rec’d = received, ma'am for madam and fo'c'sle for forecastle Another kind of contraction is the type with a period ending Eg: Dr = doctor, St = saint or street, dept = department, assn = association Inc = incorporate, Ltd = limited  Here are the common ways of using abbreviation: - Titles (dignity): + personal: Mr = Mister, Mrs = Mistress + professional: Dr = Doctor, Prof = professor, Engr = Engineer + Military: Col.= Colonel, Capt.= Captain, Maj.= Major - Time adverbs: A.D.= anno Domini, B.C.= before Christ am = ante meridiem (before noon), pm = post meridiem (afternoon) - Terms used in formal texts: Chap = Chapter, e.g.= exempli grantia ( for example), i.e.= id est ( that is), vs = versus, etc = et cetera Technology and digital age: AM= amplitude modulation, FM= frequency modulation bgs= bits per second, CD-ROM= Compact disk read- only memory, CPU= Central processing unit, DOS= Disk operating system, HD= hard disk - Parts of place names: Ave.= Avenue, St.= street, Blvd.= boulevard - Compass points: N= North, S= South, NE= northeast - Units of measure: cm.=centimeter, ft.= foot( feet), lb= pound, mph= mile(s) per hour - - Courses of study ( for particular school’s - - prospectus or publication): Eco.=Economics, Poli Sci.= Political Science, B.A= bachelor of arts, M.A = Master of Arts The use of currency sign: USD= United States dollar VND= Viet Nam dong PHP= Philipine peso Institution’s own abbreviation: DOT= Departure of Tourism, Phinabank= Philipine National Bank VCB= Viet Nam commercial Bank - Dates in list, graphs, tables: Jan/ Ja = January, Feb/ Fe = February, Mon= Monday - In the dictionary, telephone directory, zip code and airport code: Manila MNL/ Mla Bangkok BKK BombayBOM Ho Chi Minh HCM Dr  CIA  AIDS  Ỉ  Auto  4U  Doctor -> Contraction Central Intelligence Agency -> Acronym Acquired Immune Deficency Syndrome -> Acronym -> Blended Automatic -> final Clipping For you -> Acronym ( Homonymy) ... four main types of abbreviations: clipped forms, acronyms, blended forms and contractions  Clipped forms Clipped forms of words usually consist of the few letters of the full form Eg: cont =... of contraction is the type with an apostrophe marking the omission of letters: ? ?The first category of contractions is those formed by an auxiliary verb or form of be plus the word not, with the. . .Give the full form of these followings: 1.USA 2.NATO 3.UNO 4.VOA 5.V- Day 6.TV 7.Prof 8.Zoo 9.ITCC 10.ASEAN 11.FM 12.Interpol 13.B.C 14.brunch 15.UNESCO United Nations of America North

Ngày đăng: 26/01/2023, 09:07

TÀI LIỆU CÙNG NGƯỜI DÙNG

TÀI LIỆU LIÊN QUAN