WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The universal use of abbreviations in higher education is intended to simplify, but really they stifle scientific communication, according to Purdue University ostracism experts ...
“What is another word for `synonym`?” somebody asked me the other day. “What is the abbreviation of `abbreviation`?” I retorted. We laughed it off. But abbreviations are no laughing matter.
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