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And on top of that, how is NATO not a set of initials? Doesn't it stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
by vollmond 17y ago
And on top of that, how is NATO not a set of initials? Doesn't it stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
- smanek 17y ago'NATO' and 'SCUBA' are pronounceable. The Economist contends that'BBC' and 'IMF' aren't acronyms since you can't pronounce the words they form (you just sound out the letters).
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- sounddust 17y agoIt seems that they have never actually followed their own advice, however. Search for initialism at economist.com: 0 results (http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aeconomist.com+initialism http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aeconomist.com+initiali...) the acronym for CCTV has become an oft-used pejorative (http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13707736 http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_i...) Institute of National Remembrance (IPN, in its Polish acronym) (http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11529044 http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story...) etc., etc...
- Xichekolas 17y agoI was thinking the same thing. One of the rules is that 'agreed' goes with 'on', 'to', or 'about'. But the Economist is the only place I can think of where I have seen something like: "Only after a short truce was agreed were the envoys..." http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7843331 http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.c... "A peace pact of sorts was agreed just days before the auction..." http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12267585 http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?stor...