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A student is writing an article for the school newspaper about everyday words that are acronyms. Read the draft of the article and complete the task
that follows.
A fine example of an acronym we use in everyday conversation is zip, as in "ZIP code." Since its introduction to American English in 1963, ZIP
has become something of a buzzword, with its original extended wording-"
Zoning Improvement Plan"-being forgotten over time.
One might even suggest that this wording has gone AWOL, a word that is itself a commonly used acronym. AWOL, however, is typically used to
describe the disappearance of military personnel and is
aptly
a
shortening of "absent without official leave."
Furthermore, the number of acronyms within the English language has increased substantially in the last 100 years. The word "LASER" is another
acronym given to our language in the 1960s. Quite
simply, it stands for "light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation." Meanwhile,
during the 1940s and 50s, the
technological terms "RADAR" and "SCUBA" were added respectively. Despite their relatively common usage as an
acronym
,
their extended meanings-"radio detection and ranging" and "self-contained underwater breathing apparatus"-are largely unknown.
In two paragraphs, write an introduction that introduces the topic about everyday words that are acronyms.
I need a 2 paragraph