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Posted by Steven Saunderson on 08/07/06 03:50
On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:19:53 -0400, "Chris F.A. Johnson"
<cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> It's standard English usage to capitalize abbreviations.
> >
> > As e.g. "E.G."?
>
> As with most things in the English language, there are exceptions,
> and in the case of abbreviations, lowercase is used for a _few_
> well-known ones -- but not generally.
Aren't you confusing abbreviations with acronyms here ? I think
acronyms are uppercase but not abbreviations. Of course, I am probably
oversimplifying the issue and will now hide to avoid the flak.
--
Steven
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