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It is neither providing clarity nor disambiguation. Flow is subjective but I find it really disruptive because I know what the initialism means. Seriously, how
by hueving 9y ago
It 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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