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Why is it named "Rail Over Bridge", when the picture clearly shows the bridge is over the railroad? What's with the need to define acronyms all the time in writ
by riffic 1y ago
Why is it named "Rail Over Bridge", when the picture clearly shows the bridge is over the railroad? What's with the need to define acronyms all the time in writing like this ("ROB"? "Public Works Department (PWD)" for example?)
- Havoc 1y agoProbably a case of lost in translation.
- lazyant 1y agoIt's confusing but you can read it as (Rail Over) Bridge. Defining acronyms/initializations the first time they are used is best practice[1]; I hate the opposite of just throwing around acronyms that the reader may not be familiar with. [1] "Define them the first time you use them in content" https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conventions/shortened-words-and-phrases/acronyms-and-initialisms https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/grammar-punctuation-and-conve...
- riffic 1y agoAP Stylebook says "avoid alphabet soup." Good writers refrain from unnecessary acronyms (I refer to plain language rules, or "plr").