Re: Name of file
Re: Name of file
- Subject: Re: Name of file
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:11:40 -0500
On Jan 11, 2008 2:00 PM, Gary (Lists) <email@hidden> wrote:
> sometimes 'SA' is used to mean "scripting addition", but I don't think
> that's an accurate usage either, as that phrase is not a proper noun and
> therefore shouldn't be capitalized.)
And you shouldn't ride horses because the grass is green?
A phrase doesn't have to be a proper noun to be suitable for
abbreviation as an initialism; the capitalization in the latter case
is simply to indicate that it is an initialism and not a word. There
is no requirement that the letters be capitalized in the full phrase.
Computer jargon is full of common (as opposed to proper) initialisms:
"PC" for "personal computer", "OS" for "operating system", "GUI" for
"graphical user interface", "CLI" for "command line interface", etc.
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Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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