Does initialism need to be capitalized?
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Acronyms and initialisms are capitalized.
What are the 7 rules of capitalization?
English Capitalization Rules:
- Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence.
- Capitalize Names and Other Proper Nouns.
- Don’t Capitalize After a Colon (Usually)
- Capitalize the First Word of a Quote (Sometimes)
- Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays, But Not Seasons.
- Capitalize Most Words in Titles.
Should all letters in an acronym be capitalized?
Elements, even those derived from proper names (curium, francium), are always written lower case when they are written out as words. Only the abbreviations are capitalized, and just the first letter of the abbreviation is capitalized.
Do acronyms need periods?
The general rule. In general, don’t use periods in acronyms or other abbreviations with two or more capital letters. But do use periods in abbreviations with lowercase letters.
What is initialism?
Definition of initialism : an abbreviation formed from initial letters.
Do abbreviations have dots?
In American English, we always put a period after an abbreviation; it doesn’t matter whether the abbreviation is the first two letters of the word (as in Dr. for Drive) or the first and last letter (as in Dr. for Doctor).
Do initials have dots?
In British English we do use full points between a person’s initials, but normally with no space between them. For other initials and acronyms, no punctuation is used, e.g. UK, USA, NATO, NHS, WHO.
What is the correct way to write abbreviations?
Always write out the first in-text reference to an acronym, followed by the acronym itself written in capital letters and enclosed by parentheses. Subsequent references to the acronym can be made just by the capital letters alone. For example: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a rapidly expanding field.