Abbreviations
-
are shortened words formed by deleting some of its letters with the replacement
of a period.
-
mostly used to address people’s occupation/political rank/educational
attainment- usually starts with a capital letter WHEN preceding a proper
noun.
- when occurring
in a sentence without a proper name that comes after, it is just written in
lower case.
e.g.
Dr. = doctor
Engr.
= engineer
Gov.
= governor
Col.
= colonel
Ms.
= miss
Mr.
= mister
Mrs. = mistress
Bro.
= brother
Sis.
= sister
Contractions
-are
shortened words formed by combining two words and omitting some letters
replaced by an apostrophe (‘).
e.g.
don’t = do
not
o’clock
= on clock
isn’t
= is not
weren’t
= were not
you’ve
= you have
you’re
= you are
I’m
= I am
wasn’t=
was not
can’t
= can not
you’ll
= you will
I’ve
= I have
it’s
= it is
Acronyms
All
caps, every letter or syllable has its corresponding word/noun to stand for.
e.g.
CWS
= children’s worship service
Comelec
= Commission on Elections
AIDS
= Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome
HukBaLaHap
= Hukbong Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon
LGBT
= lesbians, gay, bisexuals and transgender
(there
is a community established by Korina Sanchez-Roxas, if I’m not mistaken, )
OC
= obsessive-compulsive
LCD
= Liquid Crystal Display
CD
= compact disc
TESDA
= Technological Enhancement and Skills Development Authority
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