This article expands on that point and provides guidance. But I also offered the caveat that this is my least favorite editing trick and should be used thoughtfully and carefully by authors. If the phrase occurs 10 times in the manuscript, you can cut 40 words, which might be just the ticket to come in under a required word limit. Certainly writing HRQOL is much shorter than “health-related quality of life”-five letters versus five words. One of the suggestions I offered at the end-when the paring down is getting to the critical stage-is to change selected phrases to acronyms.
Listen to how the initialisms are pronounced, letter by letter: AcronymsĪn acronym is an abbreviation made from the initial (first) letters of a group of words.In “Becoming a Ruthless Editor” (Nicoll, 7), I discussed how to shorten a manuscript significantly. We say the initialism as separate letters, for example: initialism
All of the short forms that you see above ↑ are abbreviations.Ī shortening is an abbreviation where the end of the word has been cut off, for example: shorteningĪ contraction is an abbreviation where the middle of the word or words has been cut out, for example: contractionĪn initialism is an abbreviation made from the initial (first) letters of a group of words. To answer this question, we need to understand that an acronym is just one type of abbreviation.Īn abbreviation is a short form of a word or phrase. People often ask: "What's the difference between an abbreviation and an acronym?" Aids - FBA - NSA - phone - DTRT - telly - Prof. FAQ - HTML - scuba - BBC - DVD - abbrv.
Ltd - c.o.d - NASA - laser - let's - DVD - radar - a.s.a.p. Learn English : Vocabulary : Reference : Confusing : abbreviation/acronym abbreviation OR acronym? Dr - Co.
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