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No need to call out “ATM Machine” or “LAN Network”. Repeating the last letter of an acronym in full is common in the English language because it provides clari
by an_account 9y ago
No need to call out “ATM Machine” or “LAN Network”.
Repeating the last letter of an acronym in full is common in the English language because it provides clarity, flow, and disambiguation.
- captn3m0 9y agoRAS Syndrome is a real thing
- hueving 9y agoIt is neither providing clarity nor disambiguation. Flow is subjective but I find it really disruptive because I know what the initialism means. Seriously, how many people won't know what you mean when you say, "I need to stop by the ATM," but know what you mean when you add "machine"?
- jaclaz 9y agoJust in case: http://www.acronympolice.org/ http://www.acronympolice.org/ >Section 2: Single Acronym Violations (Punishable by shaking of the head in disgust with a slight grin and/or slightly audible groan or chuckle) 2.1 Single Word Acronym Violations: Single Word Acronym Violations consist of using one of the words contained in the acronym immediately before or after the acronym. An example of this would be ATM Machine. Since ATM stands for “Automated Teller Machine” saying ATM Machine is actually saying Automated Teller Machine machine.
- dspillett 9y agoMaybe the machine is capable of many other tasks but is currently emulating an ATM, in which case it really is a machine being an ATM, or an ATM machine...
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- walshemj 9y agoAs an English speaker I have never heard of this, best practice in formally written documents is to expand acronyms when first used eg LAN (local Area Network)
- fhood 9y agoAlso as an English speaker, you make a good point, which is regrettably obscured by your lack of commas.
- eeZah7Ux 9y agoHonest question - should that comma be a colon in: "Also as an English speaker, you make a good point"?
- fhood 9y agoMaybe, I don't know. As long as something is used for delimiting I don't really mind what it is. I only made the comment because I had to read the sentence three times before I figured out what it was saying.