I’m a Grammar Police
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    r/shutupnerd

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    3 points WideTraffic2425

    banned

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    1 points Refutable_Odin_21

    r/bannedsubs

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  • 4 points GreenHero_25

    Actually, acronyms are abbreviations that can be pronounced as a word. ‘STD’ cannot be pronounced as a single word, as each letter is said individually, unlike ‘SCUBA.’ Therefore, it is not an acronym. You are not the grammar police—I am.

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    1 points Trevor31906

    Actually, definitions change based on Societal Norms. For example, when I Google it, I get

    noun noun: acronym; plural noun: acronyms

    “abbreviations and acronyms are necessary in chat and SMS communication”

    Doesn’t say it has to sound like a word.

    My source is the Oxford Dictionary what’s yours?

    🤓☝️

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    2 points GreenHero_25

    Bruh it says pronounced as a word in your comment

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    1 points Trevor31906

    Nuh uh idk what your talking about

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    2 points GreenHero_25

    “an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word”

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    1 points Trevor31906

    Nuh uh

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    Read your comment over bruh

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    1 points Trevor31906

    I definitely didn’t edit it to gaslight you what are you talking about

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    🧢

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    I copied and pasted your comment. Your not fooling me

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    1 points Trevor31906

    Also initialisms are a type of acronym according to AI and we all trust in AI… right? right? 😟

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    2 points GreenHero_25

    that’s backwards an acronym is a type of initialism

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    1 points Trevor31906

    This is why I’m a STEM major and not an English major

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    English sucks ik

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    1 points Trevor31906

    It’s ok science is worse

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    I don’t agree

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    1 points Trevor31906

    When you use actual science words it is. Chemistry for example you gotta pick either long words or math equations

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    Ok yeah that’s hard. I’m more of an Astronomy person. but I do like math when it’s not forced. I’m game dev with 2y experience I use math a lot

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    1 points GreenHero_25

    Science is fun English is stupid. in fact so stupid I don’t even want to speak it. こんにちは、はじめまして。

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    1 points Trevor31906

    Iodine Silver Rhenium electron

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    2 points GreenHero_25

    3 elements and a subatomic particle

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  • 2 points MrNuems

    No, it's an initialism.

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