Abbreviations 3 Tips for Using Correct Abbreviations

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ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations are the shortened forms of words. They are very useful, especially when you need to take down notes quickly. As an ESL student, you must familiarize yourself with common abbreviations used in the English language.
So how do you write abbreviations correctly? Here are three different ways to write abbreviations.
1. Shorten a Long Word by Writing Down the Beginning of that Word
You can abbreviate a long word by writing the first part of the word. This is a common abbreviation practice. Among the few familiar words in which this technique is used are: hippo (for hippopotamus), fem (for feminine), elem (for elementary), and diff (for different).
2. Omit the Vowels of a Word
You may also write the abbreviated form of a word by omitting its vowels. This simple technique can be used for words that are not too long or too short. Omitting the vowels leaves the abbreviated word recognizable from its original form. Examples of these are: qlty (for quality), tchr (for teacher), schl (for school), cntry (for century), and prgrss (for progress).
3. Write Just the First Letter and the Last Letter of a Monosyllabic Word
Monosyllabic words, or words that have just one syllable, can be abbreviated by writing the first and last letter of the word. This technique is demonstrated in these examples: mt (for mount), qt (for quart), gl (for girl), and ld (for land

An abbreviation, simply put, is a shortened form of a word. In writing, abbreviations are useful when you need to squeeze a lot of writing into a small space. You can also use them in place of long or cumbersome phrases to make your sentences easier to read.
Before you learn anything about how to organize your notes for consecutive interpreting, we can save a good deal of time and space on the page if we immediately start using a few basic rules for abbreviation. The basic approach to abbreviation used in Western Europe was described first by Rozan (1956) and has been little changed since …

… then you should note institutions in the plural like this:
The s is not raised because it is not part of the abbreviation and to note it
raised might create ambiguity.
The technique of raised end letters for abbreviations is only to be used when the note would otherwise be ambiguous. If a word has few or no other plausible variations, an abbreviation of the first three letters may be enough to make it unambiguous to you, e.g.,
sat satellite
doc document (because you use Dr or another symbol for doctor)

U.S. (United States) U.K. (United Kingdom) E.U. (European Union) U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates)
The U.S. highway system seems enormous to visitors from the U.K.

Abbreviations come in a few different varieties. Both acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations that are formed by combining the first letter of each word in a longer name or phrase. Typically, acronyms and initialisms are written in all capital letters to distinguish them from ordinary words. (When fully spelled out, the words in acronyms and initialisms do not need to be capitalized unless they entail a proper noun.)
An acronym is pronounced as a single word, rather than as a series of letters.

Initialisms are similar to acronyms in that they are also formed using the first letter of each word in a longer phrase. Unlike acronyms, however, initialisms are pronounced as a series of letters. NFL (National Football League), for example, is pronounced en-eff-ell.

CBS: Columbia Broadcasting System

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FedEx: Federal Express

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