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Henk Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Abridgement
Hello to all people that read this.
I am new here and don't really know how a forum works (never been a member of a forum)
I have so many questions about the beautiful English language but I like to start with this:
Is there some one that can tell me where I can find many abridgements, used in the English language? There are some in my dictionaries but certainly not many.
Abridgements for "For Example" (is that just FE or F.E.) and is there an abridgement for the term "in other words" and "among other things".
In the dictionary the other way arround works very well. The abridgements are explaned in words but there is no way (the other way arround) of finding abridgements for words.
Then when I use these on our website, do you think they will be understood by most people with a different native language???
I once spend many hours to locate the word Rep (not Rep.) Finally in a Canadian conversation a man explained this and told me it stands for Representative. How can I know this more easy??? It is so very hard. Please help???
Last question: I saw somewhere the term TRACK on this Forum. Can I use this to track if someone answered to my question or is it necessary to look every day for the answer and at what URL address must I look??? Again, this is very new to me. I am very sorry for my ignorance. Thank you all people for this very usefull forum and answers.
My native language is Dutch (Netherlands)
Henk
I am new here and don't really know how a forum works (never been a member of a forum)
I have so many questions about the beautiful English language but I like to start with this:
Is there some one that can tell me where I can find many abridgements, used in the English language? There are some in my dictionaries but certainly not many.
Abridgements for "For Example" (is that just FE or F.E.) and is there an abridgement for the term "in other words" and "among other things".
In the dictionary the other way arround works very well. The abridgements are explaned in words but there is no way (the other way arround) of finding abridgements for words.
Then when I use these on our website, do you think they will be understood by most people with a different native language???
I once spend many hours to locate the word Rep (not Rep.) Finally in a Canadian conversation a man explained this and told me it stands for Representative. How can I know this more easy??? It is so very hard. Please help???
Last question: I saw somewhere the term TRACK on this Forum. Can I use this to track if someone answered to my question or is it necessary to look every day for the answer and at what URL address must I look??? Again, this is very new to me. I am very sorry for my ignorance. Thank you all people for this very usefull forum and answers.
My native language is Dutch (Netherlands)
Henk
Top answer
Hi Henk, Welcome to English Forums. Most words are not abbreviated; if the word has an accepted abbreviation (one that would likely be understood by those with a different native language) then it would be included in the entry for the word in the larger dictionaries (like my Webster's Collegiate ). Of course, many fields (like the salvage business) may have their own specialized vocabularies with their respective short forms, which workers in that field will recognize, but many outsiders will not.
- Hi Henk, Welcome to English Forums.
- Most words are not abbreviated; if the word has an accepted abbreviation (one that would likely be understood by those with a different native language) then it would be included in the entry for the word in the larger dictionaries (like my Webster's Collegiate ).
- Of course, many fields (like the salvage business) may have their own specialized vocabularies with their respective short forms, which workers in that field will recognize, but many outsiders will not.
- ' 'Rep' is slang, not a formal short form of 'representative', and it is heard primarily in commercial sales.
- Strangely, I have not noticed the word 'track' here (but then I am not very observant of websites).
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Hi Henk,
Welcome to English Forums. Most words are not abbreviated; if the word has an accepted abbreviation (one that would likely be understood by those with a different native language) then it would be included in the entry for the word in the larger dictionaries (like my Webster's Collegiate). Of course, many fields (like the salvage business) may have their own specialized
Welcome to English Forums. Most words are not abbreviated; if the word has an accepted abbreviation (one that would likely be understood by those with a different native language) then it would be included in the entry for the word in the larger dictionaries (like my Webster's Collegiate). Of course, many fields (like the salvage business) may have their own specialized
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