7/12/22

Basic English Usage – Abbreviations

WILLIAM ALVAREZ
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVISOR

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ds/

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
 abbreviations = a shortened form IMF
USCIS
5 types
5. Contractions
1. clipping words
examples I would = I'd
burger - hamburger I shall = I'll
mic - microphone gotta
gonna
2. blends I'm
smog = smoke and fog cuz = because
brunch = breakfast - br and lunch - unch a lotta - a lot of
spanglish = spanish and english kinda - kind of
wanna
3. acronym - initial letters pronounced as one word
NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration Days of the week
NATO= /nei-rou/ = North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Spanish - write down the abbreviations for
OTAN
FIFA = Fédération Internationale de Football Association government agencies abbreviations
LOL = laughing out loud OEA

4. iinitialism - initial letters , pronounced one by one Fondo monetatio internacional

FBI + FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION OTAN
FDA = FOOD AND DRUGS ADMINISTRATION OVNI
UAE = WWF
OAS = SPANISH - OEA
UN - SPANISH ONU -
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 7/12/22

Basic English Usage

WILLIAM ALVAREZ
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ADVISOR

o Turn off your audio and video

o Say hello & put your headphones on
o Pin a participant (teacher)
Translate the following sentence into Spanish
Meaning:
To describe something that we expect to happen very soon.
It refers to the immediate future.