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abbreviating

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of Abbreviate

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You're abbreviating heavily, not lying. That's what you tell yourself. N. K. Jemisin

Japanese people have a funny habit of abbreviating names. Shigeru Miyamoto

However, when abbreviating a phrase where only the first letter of each word is taken, then all letters should be capitalized, as in YTD for year-to-date, PCB for printed circuit board and FYI for for your information. Source: Internet

Then we search for as many early reviews as we can find, abbreviating each review to the writer's essential opinion, so you don't have to wade through vast swathes of book description, often including plot spoilers, just to find out what people of a book. Source: Internet

Some versions penalize for abbreviating "point of order" to "P of O", which often confuses new players into thinking only the dealer or chairman is permitted to call a point of order. Source: Internet

In 1916, Legros & Grant included in their classic printers' handbook Typographical Printing-Surfaces, a proposal for a letter similar to Ħ to represent "Th", thus abbreviating "the" to ħe. Source: Internet

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