NATO’s foreign policy has been criticised recently. Texting abbreviation in English Here is the list of common texting abbreviations and chat acronyms which are used in many of the following online communications Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, email, etc. We use some acronyms in the plural or possessive :Īre the pictures on your memory stick jpegs or bitmaps? (compact disc read-only memory pronounced /si: di: ˈrɒm/) Abbreviations (the shortened form of a word or phrase) and acronyms (words formed from the initial letters of a phrase) are commonly used in technical. (joint photographic experts group /ˈdʒeɪpeg/) She sent me a jpeg file with a photo of her wedding.

Some acronyms are pronounced as a combination of letters and syllables: Radar was one of the most important inventions of the twentieth century.

The ship’s radar had been destroyed in battle. Where the acronym has existed for a long time and become fully established in the language, it is written with small letters (or with one capital letter if it is at the beginning of a sentence): Jodie’s got her SATs next week – she’s a bit nervous. Newer acronyms are written with capital letters : SATs /sæts/ standard attainment tests (tests taken by schoolchildren in the UK) Radar /ˈreɪdɑ(r)/ radio detection and ranging Scuba /ˈsku:bə/ self-contained underwater breathing apparatus NATO /ˈneɪtəʊ/ North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Acronyms are words which are formed from the first letters of other words, and which are pronounced as full words.

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