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## USING INITIAL LETTERS 

It is becoming increasingly common to describe companies or organisations only by the initial letters of the name of the group. This is now so prevalent that we often forget what the original letters stood for! It is no longer considered necessary to put a full stop after each capital letter. Here are some examples: 

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## LOOKING AT ACRONYMS 

Acronyms are words that are formed by the initial letters and we usually say the word rather than the letters: 

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