Acronyms and abbreviations

BY CLEBER DE SOUZA BEZERRA Acronyms — words formed from the initial letters or syllables of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound noun or phrase Examples: NATO, radar or laser Abbreviations — shortened forms of written words used in place of the whole Examples: rd is an abbreviation for road; yr for year; w/ for with Clipped word — is a word that has lost a part of itself, usually the end syllable or syllables Examples: grad is clipped from graduate or graduation; prof from professor; dorm from dormitory .. .Acronyms — words formed from the initial letters or syllables of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound noun or phrase Examples: NATO, radar or laser Abbreviations