200 English Grammar Mistakes!: A workbook of Common Grammar and Punctuation Errors with Examples, Exercises and Solutions So You Never Make Them Again

acronym
and 
initialism
. An acronym is derived from the initial
letters of a long word or phrase. When National Aeronautic Space
Administration is reduced to NASA, it’s simply an acronym. In an acronym,
you do not pronounce the acronym letter for letter; rather, you take it as a
single word.
NB
.
 
Acronyms are pronounced as a word, e.g., NATO (nay tow), NASA (na

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sa).
Initialism is another version or form of abbreviation and it is derived when a
phrase is reduced to initial letters. In this regard, initialized words are
pronounced as individual letters. When you reduce National Football
Academy to NFA, initialism is at work. Hence, initialized words are taken
letter for letter.
NB. 
Initialisms are pronounced letter for letter, e.g., Personal Computer PC
(peecee), NFA (en ef ay) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ay dee ar).
Whether you initialize or use acronym, abbreviating words can be erroneous
if you do not acclimatize yourself to them.
Now that you know what abbreviation means and the varieties of
abbreviation in English grammar, let’s go through common abbreviations and
rules that need to be taken care of in order to avoid unnecessary errors.
You can abbreviate a word by omitting one or more syllables.
examination 
exam
memorandum 
memo
decapitation 
decap
recapitulate 
recap
advertisement 
advert
In the case of names, you can also omit one or more syllables.
Fredrick 
Fred
Jackson 
Jack
Timothy 
Tim
Rajji
Raj
Use cases of common written sentential abbreviations, pay attention to the
following:
If in a sentence you mean to say 
for example
, simply use