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Penggunaan Abbreviations Dalam Tulisan

Oleh A.R Dean (8 Feb 1991)

Kalau kita membaca tulisan dalam Bahasa Inggeris, sering dijumpai beberapa huruf yang ditulis secara ringkas atau pendek, misalnya huruf-huruf seperti EEC dan BBC. Huruf-huruf demikian mempunyai makna atau perkataan penuh. Kadang-kadang huruf ringkas mendatangkan masalah tafsiran kepada kita. Huruf-huruf sedemikian disebut abbreviations dalam Bahasa Inggeris. Untuk maklumat lanjut, sila teliti huraian mengenai abbreviations.

An abbreviation is a shortened form of a word or words. Sometimes it is the first part of the word that makes an abbreviation, such as Capt for Captain or Aug for August. Sometimes it is the first letter and the last as in Rd for road or Dr for doctor. Sometimes it is just the initials of the words, eg NW for north-west or PTO for please turn over.

It used to be necessary to put a full stop after an abbreviation to show it was an abbreviation, but this practice is gradually dying out. These, for example, rarely have a full stop today:

Perhatikan senarai beberapa abbreviations yang sering kita temui dalam bacaan.

AbbreviationsWord/Words
ADAnno Domini (in the year of the Lord)
AM Ante meridiem (before noon)
ANON Anonymous
APPROX Approximate
Ave Avenue
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
BC Before Christ
Bros Brothers
BSC Bachelor of Science
CG Centigram
CM Centimetre
Co Company or County
COD Cash on delivery
Col Colonel
Dep Departs
Dr Doctor
EEC European Economic Community
EG Exempli gratia
GB Great Britain
H&C Hot and cold
HQ Headquarters
ie id es (that is)
IQ Intelligent Quotient
kg Kilogram
kph kilometer per hour
mod cons Modern conveniences
mph miles per hour
Mr Mister
Mrs Mistres
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NB Nota bene (note well)
pm Post meridiem
pop population
pp Pages
PRPublic relations
pro Professional
rpm Revolution per minute
RSVP Pepondea, s'il vous plat (please reply)
sae Stamped addressed envelope
Sgt Sergeant
SW South-west
TUC Trades Union Congress
UFO Unidenfied flying object
UNO United Nations Organizations
vs Versus (against)
VAT Value Added Tax
viz videlicet (namely)

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