Monday, 28 June 2010

Abbreviations

We usually write abbreviations without full stops in British English.

  • Mr (NOT -Mfr) = Mister

  • Ltd = Limited (company)

  • kg = kilogram

  • the BBC = the British Broadcasting Corporation

  • the USA = the United States of America

  • NATO = the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • OPEC = the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries


Some abbreviations are made from the first letters of several words.
We usually pronounce these with the stress on the last letter.

  • the BBC / bi:bi:'si:/

  • the USA / ju:es'ei/


Some of these abbreviations are pronounced like one word.
We do not usually use articles with these.

  • NATO (NOT the NATO)

  • OPEC (NOT the OPEC)

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