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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    This is a list of common abbreviations in the English language A. ab ...

  3. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.

  4. 35 Text Abbreviations You Should Know (and How to Use Them) - AOL

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    Basic texting abbreviations 8. BC. In texting terms, the second and third letters of the alphabet don’t refer to the time “before Christ.” “BC” is short for “because.”

  5. 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know - AOL

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    Abbreviations and acronyms are meant to make communication easier. But who can keep track of what they all mean? Well, we can, and now, so can you. The post 80 Acronym Examples You Should Know ...

  6. Lists of abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    List of abbreviations in photography; List of glossing abbreviations (grammatical terms used in linguistic interlinear glossing) List of legal abbreviations; List of medical abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; Reporting mark (owners of rolling stock and other railway equipment) List of style guide ...

  7. Wikipedia:List of English contractions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of contractions used in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations; these are to be avoided anywhere other than in direct quotations in encyclopedic prose. Some acronyms are formed by contraction; these are covered at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations .

  8. List of glossing abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Grammatical abbreviations are generally written in full or small caps to visually distinguish them from the translations of lexical words. For instance, capital or small-cap PAST (frequently abbreviated to PST) glosses a grammatical past-tense morpheme, while lower-case 'past' would be a literal translation of a word with that meaning.

  9. Letter frequency - Wikipedia

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    The California Job Case was a compartmentalized box for printing in the 19th century, sizes corresponding to the commonality of letters. The frequency of letters in text has been studied for use in cryptanalysis, and frequency analysis in particular, dating back to the Arab mathematician al-Kindi (c. AD 801–873 ), who formally developed the method (the ciphers breakable by this technique go ...