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Subject:Re: Q. Acronyms -- Keep The Caps? From:"Jeanne A. E. DeVoto" <jaed -at- BEST -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 24 Jul 1998 15:58:34 -0700
My 2 cents: if it's a proper name, it should be capitalized even in
expansion; otherwise, not. Thus, HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), but CAD
(computer-aided design).
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