Grammar, Vocabulary and All That. Плужникова Ю.А. - 25 стр.

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ABBREVIATIONS and ABBREVIATED WORDS
Letters or words?
Some abbreviations are read as individual letters:
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
UN(O) United Nations (Organisation)
MP Member of Parliament
PM Prime Minister
EU European Union
PC personal computer
Some abbreviations are read as words:
OPEC [əupek] Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
AIDS [eidz] Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome
Occasionally an abbreviation can be read as individual letters or a word:
VAT [væt] or V-A-T Value Added Tax
Written forms only
Some abbreviations are written forms only; they are still pronounced as full words.
Mr
Mrs (= a married woman)
Ms [məz] (= a woman who may be single or married)
St. Mark (Saint Mark)
Dean St. (Dean Sreet)
Dr (Doctor)
Abbreviations as part of the language
Some abbreviations (from Latin) are used as part of the language.
Abbreviation
Pronunciation Meaning* Latin
etc.
e.g.
i.e.
[et'setrə]
E-G
I-E
and so on
for example
that`s to say,
in other words
et cetera
exempli gratia
id est
* Note: This is also how we say them in spoken English; we write “e.g.” and we say
“for example”.

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