An is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. Here is a sentence using the word acronym:
Few people are aware, but NASA is an acronym for National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The term 'aka' is an acronym for 'also known as'. Example sentence: Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
There is no acronym for medieval because that is a single word and an acronym is a sequence of (usually pronounceable) letters taken from the initials of the words in a phrase or sentence.
You wouldn't use one is the acronym had a period in it. You could change the acronym so that it didn't have a period in it; such as ... "The doctor told him he had developed A.I.D.S." to "The doctor told him he had developed AIDS."
Yes, you can start a sentence with an acronym, but it would be better if you spelled out the entire acronym so it isn't actually an acronym. Example: N.A.S.A. decided to retire the space shuttle after many years of service. Example Two: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has decided to retire the space shuttle after many years of service. It sounds better if you spell out the entire acronym, shown in example two, rather than start it out with an acronym, shown in example one.
ATA is an incredibly popular acronym, but no companies use that acronym. There were companies who used ATA as part of their name, such as ATA Airlines and ATA Holdings in the past.
DNA is simply an acronym for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
No, you do not need to add an additional period after an acronym at the end of a sentence. The period in the acronym itself serves as the ending punctuation for the sentence.
There was a vat full of butter. VAT can be an acronym for Value Added Tax.
UN is an acronym for United Nations, NATO is an acronym for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, CIA is an acronym for Central Intelligence Agency.
The long name of a government agency is usually rendered as an acronym, such as OSHA and NASA. Some acronyms, like SOB, are less offensive than the term they represent.
The term 'aka' is an acronym for 'also known as'. Example sentence: Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, wrote Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.
There is no acronym for medieval because that is a single word and an acronym is a sequence of (usually pronounceable) letters taken from the initials of the words in a phrase or sentence.
An acronym is an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or part of a series of words
ARVN was the acronym for the army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) which existed from 1955 until the fall of Saigon in 1975.
Yes, you would still put a period at the end of the sentence, even if it ends with an acronym. This helps to indicate the end of the sentence clearly.
Sonar is an acronym.
You wouldn't use one is the acronym had a period in it. You could change the acronym so that it didn't have a period in it; such as ... "The doctor told him he had developed A.I.D.S." to "The doctor told him he had developed AIDS."