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  1. What does "CPD" mean to you? Today, at work, I've seen it refer to both "continuing professional development" AND "cable position device". (Separate texts!)

    #AmEditing #abbreviations #copyediting #initialisms #acronyms #words

  2. What does "CPD" mean to you? Today, at work, I've seen it refer to both "continuing professional development" AND "cable position device". (Separate texts!)

    #AmEditing #abbreviations #copyediting #initialisms #acronyms #words

  3. #Acronyms and #initialisms are much easier to read when capitalized.
    NICE is not Nice or nice.

    "Nice calls for routine use of at-home faeces tests for bowel cancer screening"
    theguardian.com/society/2023/a

  4. I wrote a post in February 2021 about WHCM / forced-colors.

    In June 2021 AGWG confirmed WHCM is not covered by WCAG.

    I *finally* got around to linking it:
    adrianroselli.com/2021/02/whcm

    #a11y #accessibility #initialisms