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I almost always see most acronyms (not brands with an acronym origin like Aldi) in all caps, and always considered it an odd quirk of the BBC that they did not.

I almost always see most acronyms (not brands with an acronym origin like Aldi) in all caps, and always considered it an odd quirk of the BBC that they did not. E.g. The NYT itself: https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=nato https://www.nytimes.com/search?query=nato Even the Daily Mail: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nato+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymail.co.uk https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nato+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2F... But apparently the Guardian doesn't do the all-caps either. Are there any American publications/style guides that don't do all-caps?

kube-system 3y ago
Editors will make exceptions to general style guidelines when they think it leads to better clarity when reading. For instance, most newspapers will write iPhone with a lower case 'i', despite that being incorrect for a proper noun, because people are used to seeing it that way.