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Dropping the Article of Familiar Initialisms
April 4, 2014 8:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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You wouldn't say the NASA launched a space shuttle, or you watched March Madness on the CBS. Similarly, initialisms like NSA and FBI are sometimes said without the article, especially by insiders. This is part of a complete episode.
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