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Posted by Neredbojias on 02/15/06 16:09
With neither quill nor qualm, Jim Moe quothed:
> Neredbojias wrote:
> >
> >> Or I could say that <abbr> is a subset of <acronym>.
> >
> > <acronym> is a subset of <abbr>.
> >
> I read that in another post as well. I don't see it. Convince me otherwise.
>
> Abbreviation: A shortened form of a word or phrase used chiefly in
> writing to represent the complete form (Mass., USB).
> Acronym: A word formed from the initial letters of a name, or by
> combining initial letters or parts of a series of words (RADAR, SCSI).
>
> The primary difference is that an acronym is pronounced as a word so it
> has the extra semantic "value" not in an abbreviation.
I agree with the above but I think we're talking about 2 different kinds
of "semantic" here. However, aurally, there is a distinction so my
initial belief that <acronym> was useless has changed a bit. But it's
still an abbreviation and the distinction could probably made within
that designation.
> >
> > I like <dfn>, which I think somebody suggested.
> >
> Works for me.
>
>
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Neredbojias
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