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> Wish people would add in parens the meaning of the acronym they use at the first occurence I find that style utterly patronizing. For uncommon abbreviations
by guenthert 6y ago
> Wish people would add in parens the meaning of the acronym they use at the first occurence
I find that style utterly patronizing. For uncommon abbreviations it would be better to introduce them in parenthesis after their meaning is spelled out on first use. The reader gains by looking-up common abbreviations.
nature publishes research papers. Those tend to address primarily fellow researchers familiar with the terms.
- rectang 6y agoHN is a generalist forum. People who use specialized acronyms in threads here inconvenience the generalist HN user base. Just as we would expect researchers writing for specialist journals to write for their specialist audience, we should expect HN posters to write for the generalist HN audience.