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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

TV ad, CM(commercial message), CF(commercial film)

Which word do you mostly use among TV ad, CM and CF?
All of them are acceptable?
  

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) "ad" is common (an abbreviation of "advertisement", obviously). "commercial" is also used (as a noun). "commercial message" is not used in the UK to my knowledge.

  • ) "ad" is common (an abbreviation of "advertisement", obviously).
  • "commercial" is also used (as a noun).
  • "commercial message" is not used in the UK to my knowledge.
  • The term "commercial film" is unknown to me in this meaning.
  • I have never heard of "CM" or "CF", and I would not know what they meant.
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(From the UK.)

"ad" is common (an abbreviation of "advertisement", obviously).
"commercial" is also used (as a noun).
"commercial message" is not used in the UK to my knowledge.
The term "commercial film" is unknown to me in this meaning.
I have never heard of "CM" or "CF", and I would not know what they meant.
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In Japan, the term "cm" means commercial message and was used to represent to Japanese commercials, whereas "cf" indicates commercial film in Korean and was utilized to describe to Korean commercials.

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