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Abbreviations & Numbers Rules

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Numbers

658. 1 Numerals or Words: numbers from one to nine are usually written as words numbers 10 and over are usually written as numerals. numbers being compared or contrasted should be kept in the same

style (ex. 8 to 11 years or eight to eleven years) Use a combination of numerals and words for very large numbers

(1.5 million) If numbers are not used frequently in a writing, spell out those

numbers which can be written in two words or less. 658.2 Numerals Only

decimals, percentages, chapters, pages, addresses, phone numbers, identification numbers, and statistics.

658.3 Words Only to express numbers that begin a sentence.

658.4 Time and Money Time: use numerals if expressed with an abbreviation; spell out the

numeral is expressed in words (4:00 A.M. or four o’clock) If an amount of money is spelled out, so is the currency; use a

numeral if a symbol is used ( twenty dollars or $20)

Abbreviations

660.1 Formal and Informal Abbreviations Abbreviation: shortened form of a word or phrase. Some abbreviations are acceptable in formal and

informal (Mr. Mrs. Jr. Ms. Dr. a.m. (A.M.) p.m. (P.M.) Not abbreviated: states, countries, months, days,

units of measure. (reference note on 660) 660.2-661.1 Correspondence

Abbreviations United States, Canadian Provinces, Addresses,

Other

Acronyms and Initialisms (WS 662)

Acronym - (a type of abbreviation)A word formed from the initial parts (letters OR syllables OR arbitrary parts) of a name.Examples: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)

Initialism - (a type of abbreviation)A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter being pronounced separately.For example, "BBC" (British Broadcasting Corporation), or "PBS" (Public Broadcasting System).

Acronym or Initialism?

So, here's your first test: "HTML": abbreviation, acronym, or initialism?

Well, it is an abbreviation, because it's a shortened form of "Hyper-Text Markup Language".


But it's not an acronym, because it's not a word! (You can tell, because you don't say "heh-teh-mehl"; you say "aych-tee-ehm-ehl".)


And it is, as you may have guessed, an intialism, for the same reason it's not an acronym (you pronounce each letter separately).


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