Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:55:41 -0500 | From | "Kyle R. Rose" <> | Subject | Re: ** Fork 1, Draft Final-2 ** |
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> The acronym goes in parentheses at FIRST USE. Thereafter you can use > the acronym instead of the long stuff. If you're not going to use the
> acronym again, you have no excuse for introducing it. > > Unless, that is, the acronym is better known than the long form! That can > happen. DNA, for example. If you truly think so, just use the acronym.
Well, there are two differing opinions on this. I've had people say to do it both ways, so I'll just keep it the way it is for now, unless I find a convincing argument to change. Since it only appears once, I think having WAN in parenthesis looks better. Just IMO.
Kyle
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