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Could you tell me which one is the most natural among the underlined words?Thank you.How do you feel about the the saying/the nickname/the title, "Young CEO?"

Everlastinghope · Accepted Answer

Hello,I would rather call CEO an acronym and "young CEO" a title.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Note that CEO is an abbreviation, not an acronym.
An acronym is an abbreviation that is pronounced as a word,
eg abbreviation FBI eff bee eye (each letter is pronounced separateley)
eg acronym NATO naytow

Clive

Lucas21c · Answer

I am sorry but I feel you all mistake my question.
I didn't ask you any real question and the above question is just a sentence that I'd like you to check.
Coud you tell me which wording sounds natural among the following sentences?
Thank you.

A. How do you(This "you" is the person like Mark Zuckerberg) feel about the the saying, "Young CEO?"
B. How do you feel about the the nickname, "Young CEO?"
C. How do you feel about the the title, "Young CEO?"

Clive · Answer

Hi,

None of those is natural.
Say instead
eg How do you(This "you" is the person like Mark Zuckerberg) feel about the title ''Youngest CEO of a billion-dollar company"?

There's nothing special about being called simply a young CEO.

Clive

Everlastinghope · Answer

CliveNote that CEO is an abbreviation, not an acronym.

well ,I should thank you for the note,I didn't know that but here what I found : http://www.acronymgeek.com/CEO
I found as well that an abbreviation is any shortened form of a word or phrase;however, there are types of abbreviations; acronyms( that you explained) and intialisms which you called abbreviation but it's only a type of abbreviation.

acronym - (a type of abbreviation)
A word formed from the initial parts (letters OR syllables OR arbitrary parts) of a name.
Examples: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation)
initialism - (a type of abbreviation)
A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter being pronounced separately.
For example, "BBC" (British Broadcasting Corporation), or "PBS" (Public Broadcasting System). http://data.grammarbook.com/blog/abbreviations/abbreviations-acronyms-and-initialisms-revisited/

I would rather call CEO an intialism.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

I haven't heard the term 'initialism', but it's OK by me.The other two terms are more common, though.

Clive

CalifJim · Answer

lucas21cHow do you feel about the the saying/the nickname/the title, "Young CEO?"

Say

How do you feel about being called a young CEO?

(It's not any of those three things.)

CJ

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