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Learnenglish Posted 18 years ago
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Dear Teacher,
When I read English, I meet some knids of abbreviations and signs. How to read all kinds of abbreviations? Could we read their letters one by one? For example, the abbreviation of Maryland is MD, Can we read MD? pp.160? How to pronounce the sign & when we meet in a sentence?
Thanks in advance.
When I read English, I meet some knids of abbreviations and signs. How to read all kinds of abbreviations? Could we read their letters one by one? For example, the abbreviation of Maryland is MD, Can we read MD? pp.160? How to pronounce the sign & when we meet in a sentence?
Thanks in advance.
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When you encounter abbreviations such as MD (Maryland) or DE (Delaware) you should pronounce the entire word. Same with pp. for page or pages.
- When you encounter abbreviations such as MD (Maryland) or DE (Delaware) you should pronounce the entire word.
- Same with pp.
- for page or pages.
- However, when you encounter initialisms; abbreviations consisting of the first letter or letters of words in a phrase like ATM for Automatic Teller Machine, or USA for United States of America you should pronounce it by spelling out the letters one by one.
- The last letter receives more emphasis than the other letters.
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When you encounter abbreviations such as MD (Maryland) or DE (Delaware) you should pronounce the entire word. Same with pp. for page or pages.
However, when you encounter initialisms; abbreviations consisting of the first letter or letters of words in a phrase like ATM for Automatic Teller Machine, or USA for United States of America you should pronounce it by spellin
However, when you encounter initialisms; abbreviations consisting of the first letter or letters of words in a phrase like ATM for Automatic Teller Machine, or USA for United States of America you should pronounce it by spellin
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Thank you.
When I read English, especially novels, I encounter a lot of two-word combinations and they are linked at random, so I cannot find them in English dictinonaries and don't know if they are compound words, such as legal-looking, pen-and-pencil set, fume-spewing, mock-Spanish, palm-planted, glass-enclosed, and so on. Are they compound words? Why? Where are the primary stress
When I read English, especially novels, I encounter a lot of two-word combinations and they are linked at random, so I cannot find them in English dictinonaries and don't know if they are compound words, such as legal-looking, pen-and-pencil set, fume-spewing, mock-Spanish, palm-planted, glass-enclosed, and so on. Are they compound words? Why? Where are the primary stress
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