Tag Archives for: "abbreviations"

When we discuss acronyms, we really need to clarify the difference between acronyms and initialisms,  acronyms are abbreviations formed from letters of other words, usually the letter of each [...]

  Apostrophes are probably the most misused punctuation marks in written English. When used correctly, they enhance language by providing extra information in a sentence to better convey [...]

Abbreviations and contractions of words both serve to shorten a word, but while abbreviations omit the last few letters of the word, contractions omit letters in the middle of the word. [...]