Curated OER
Write It Short
Students listen the books, "Today Is Monday," "Chicken Soup with Rice," and discuss how we use abbreviations for days of the week. This simple lesson is a good way to introduce the common abbreviations that young readers will encounter...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Note Taking: Symbols and Abbreviations
This video lesson focuses on creating a system of note taking symbols and abbreviations that work for the individual. It explains the purposes of note taking and of using symbols and abbreviations; offers quick tips for abbreviating...
Other
Computer User: High Tech Dictionary
An up-to-date dictionary of more than 7000 computer terms. You can search for random terms or for terms within specific areas.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Mla Overview and Workshop
This site provides an overview of MLA style by providing general information about what MLA is, who uses it, and reasons for its use. Then it provides links to both general and specific information about how to use MLA style to format...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Learn when and how to use common abbreviations and acronyms.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abbreviations
A very competent look at how to use abbreviations in their proper context. This site also examines the proper use of abbreviations with titles, numbers and phrases.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Parentheses and Rules for Use
This resource contains five rules for correctly using parentheses and a section regarding capitalization within parentheses. Examples are included for each of the rules.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms
This page focuses on Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms including definitions for each. It also provides links to lists of abbreviations, etc. by category including Titles of Literary Works, Books of the Bible, Legal Terms and...
English Club
English Club: When Do We Use Capital Letters
This EnglishClub resource provides eleven instances in which using capital letters is necessary. Several examples are provided with each of the eleven rules.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook:capitalization:call Letters of Radio and Television Stations
This page explains that call letters for radio and television stations are always in all capital letters and provides examples.
English Club
English Club: Abbreviations: Initialisms
This EnglishClub tutorial defines the term initialism, a type of abbreviation, and then provides several examples of initialisms.
English Club
English Club: Abbreviations: Acronyms
This EnglishClub tutorial defines the term acronym, a type of abbreviation, and then provides several examples of acronyms.
English Club
English Club: Abbreviations Quiz
An interactive abbreviations assessment is found on this page. Acronym, initialism, and contraction concepts are included on this assessment.
Other
Acronym Finder: Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary
Journalists are inundated with acronyms. This site contains 240,000 of them and their meanings. Search tool allows you to enter the exact acronym or the first letter. You can even enter a keyword and look for acronyms that include it....
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Abbreviations
This site focuses on abbreviations including definitions, acronyms and initialisms, abbreviations for courtesy titles and academic degrees, Latin abbreviations, and other common abbreviations including time and dates, places, and units...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: "i.e." vs. "e.g."
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of "i.e." and "e.g." including similarities and differences between them, the specific meanings of each, and how to use them in writing including the proper punctuation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Abbreviations
Seven slides explaining the rules of using abbreviations properly in formal writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Abbreviations
A fifteen-slide presentation discussing the proper rules, usage, and punctuation of abbreviations. Examples are provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Abbreviations
This lesson focuses on abbreviations including an introduction to abbreviations with examples, why they are used, links to abbreviation activities, and a summary of the abbreviation information in text format. It also provides a...
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Mechanics
An explanation of the importance of mechanics and links to additional information on specific focus areas.
Get It Write
Get It Write: The Latin Abbreviations i.e. And e.g.
If you don't have a knowledge of Latin and know what i.e. and e.g. actually stand for, it might be difficult to know which one to use when. This brief tutorial explains not only what they mean and when to use them, but also where to use...
Harvard University
Harvard Writing Center: Tips on Grammar, Punctuation and Style
Rather than lists of rules, this site provides practical advice on the use of commas, semicolons, dashes, hyphens, abbreviations, acronyms, split infinitives, "this," "that," italics, and underlining. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
English Club
English Club: Abbreviations: Shortenings
This EnglishClub reference page provides the definition for "abbreviation" and then provides a chart with examples of abbreviations.
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.