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abbr vs. acronym

Thanks to Daniel for clearing this up for me:

Brandon
what am I supposed to use, <abbr> or <acronym>?
Daniel
depends on the context
simple rule is that acronym is if you pronounce the shortened word
PINE is acronym (pine is not elm)
CIA is abbr

xhtml September 12, 2006

2 Comments

  1. Daniel Morrison Daniel Morrison September 12, 2006

    I’d be more eloquent if I know its for publication… ;)

  2. Brandon Brandon September 12, 2006

    Sorry, I should have warned you. It was a simple, concise, and better than any other explanation that I could find. And I figure that I can’t be the only one out there that didn’t know the difference.

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