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Omar Ahmed Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

A puzzling question

GPS is short……….. Global Positioning System

a) for b) of c) on

I go for (a), but is the sentence grammatically correct?

  

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Omar Ahmed I go for (a), but is the sentence grammatically correct? Correct. Yes, "short for" is a real expression in English.

  • Omar Ahmed I go for (a), but is the sentence grammatically correct?
  • Correct.
  • Yes, "short for" is a real expression in English.
  • The designation 22DDH is short for helicopter destroyer project, Heisei Year 22.
  • Blog is short for Web log, which is a shared, online, often personal journal.
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Omar AhmedI go for (a), but is the sentence grammatically correct?

Correct. Yes, "short for" is a real expression in English.

The designation 22DDH is short for helicopter destroyer project, Heisei Year 22.
Blog is short for Web log, which is a shared, online, often personal journal.
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