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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Include definite article before abbreviation?

Hi, please help. I think in informal writing we can use what I think is an abbreviation like "Ss" to denote students. Now, let's say we have a sentence like "Tell the students what to do" and you want to use "Ss" in place of "students." For this, should we include the definite article "the" before "Ss"?

For the sentenece "Tell the students what to do," should it be 1 or 2 below?:

1) Tell the Ss what to do.
2) Tell Ss what to do.
  

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Anonymous I think in informal writing we can use what I think is an abbreviation like "Ss" to denote students. No, we can't.

— Ivanhr

  • Anonymous I think in informal writing we can use what I think is an abbreviation like "Ss" to denote students.
  • No, we can't.
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AnonymousI think in informal writing we can use what I think is an abbreviation like "Ss" to denote students.
No, we can't.
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Ivanhr AnonymousI think in informal writing we can use what I think is an abbreviation like "Ss" to denote students.No, we can't.
Apparently this abbreviation is used by some in the education professions when describing lesson plans, lesson outcomes etc. It is even described as "common". Also "T" for teacher, and various others.

However, outside such
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GPYApparently this abbreviation is used by some in the education professions when describing lesson plans, lesson outcomes etc. It is even described as "common". Also "T" for teacher, and various others.
Oh I didn't know that. Anyway, l'd expect them to skip the articles then as long as the context is clear (but I'm just guessing here)
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Ivanhr l'd expect them to skip the articles
I think you are propbably right since it seems to be used in a very abbreviated style of writing. There is actually an example here:

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s3SMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69
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