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If it's not a proper noun, don't capitalise (unless in a title, or the first word at the start of a sentence.) For example, the Wikipedia impact assessment entry begins: Impact assessment (IA) is …

I think you've misunderstood the difference between acronyms and initialisms. Something can be both, or just one and not the other. … As you can see, WAC, OPEC and NATO are both acronyms and initialisms because they're a bunch of initials that you can pronounce as a word. …

This doesn't happen often enough for there to be a single word, or even a standard phrase. However, as Mitch suggested, ambiguous means: open to more than one interpretation; not having one ob …

Read the interesting article for more, here's a brief snippet: Acronyms didn't becom a common method of word formation in English until World War II. … The lack of a need for such a word suggests the degree to which acronyms previously were not a part of daily life. …

Use whichever version you prefer, both are in widespread use. According to CNN the creator gave his opinion in 2013: Steve Wilhite created the Graphics Interchange Format, or GIF, while working for C …

Read the interesting article for more, here's a brief snippet: Acronyms didn't becom a common method of word formation in English until World War II. … The lack of a need for such a word suggests the degree to which acronyms previously were not a part of daily life. …

The BBC News Styleguide (March 2003, pdf) says: Abbreviations & acronyms One should not aim at being possible to understand but at being impossible to misunderstand. … This sometimes looks a bit strange in print, with unfamiliar acronyms rendered as words, even when the organisation in question and most people use all capitals. …

Finally, any pre-20th century acronyms should be treated with care. … According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, acronyms were rare before the World War I, and didn't become popular until the World War II. …

According to the Guardian style guide: The possessive in words and names ending in S normally takes an apostrophe followed by a second S (Jones's, James's), but be guided by pronunciation and use …

Acronyms in general Back to the Wireless World story. … And finally, apart from a few exceptions such as POTUS, "acronyms didn't become a common method of word formation in English until World War II", according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. …

I seem to remember the old askoxford.com site said either was acceptable: CDs and CD's. But now the replacement Lexico powered by Oxford firmly suggests to avoid the apostrophe except in a few special …