Morphology: Acronyms
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Acronyms are word formed from the initial letters of other words or phrases. Examples provided include RADAR, which stands for radio detecting and ranging apparatus, and SCUBA, which stands for self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. Abbreviations like HMSO and GPS are not acronyms because they are not said as words. Some examples given are initialisms, like BRB, while others like NASA are acronyms that are pronounced as words.
Morphology: Acronyms
- 1. Mummy, where do new words come from?
- 2. Acronyms
- 4. Word made from all or most of the letters in a name or phrase
- 5. Radar
- 6. radio detecting and ranging apparatus
- 7. Scuba
- 8. Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
- 9. What are some more acronyms?
- 10. NASA
- 11. Radar
- 12. Scuba
- 13. How are these ones different?
- 17. Why are abbreviations such as ¡°HMSO¡± or ¡°GPS¡± not acronyms?
- 18. Because they are not said as words
- 19. Is this an acronym or an initialism?
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