Re: Acronyms vs Abbreviations - was: New tool on Accessify - Acronym Generator

> this would be the right distinction to make. I've always understood
> "acronym" to be anything formed from the initial letters of a 

This is a common misunderstanding (like infer and imply, or virus and
bacteria), and one of the reasons why acronym/abbr has proved a source
of endless debate.

Received on Wednesday, 23 April 2003 15:46:23 UTC