Abbreviations and acronyms

Quicker to write may not be quicker to understand.

Abbreviations

Very common abbre­vi­ations that are glob­ally recog­nised are OK to use.

Don’t use full stops in abbreviations.

Acronyms and initialisms

If you really need to use an acronym, spell it out in full on the first mention, with the acronym following in round brackets. After that just use the acronym or initialism.