Abbreviation

decided to use abbreviations and symbols to easily text each other over the phone. With arrival of smartphones and chatting apps, there are no worries as texting words is as easy as typing them on a computer device. Although way of texting has changed, people are still using abbreviations and symbols to text with each other. Many people believe that using abbreviations in at text message affects people in their real life. They believe that those people will start using abbreviations while…

details, elevations, section and other drawings to construct the building as intended. General Notes and Abbreviations [B head] The General Notes and Abbreviations sheet, S1.1, contains a list of abbreviations used throughout the structural section. Most of these abbreviations are related to structural items. For instance, T.O.C means “top of concrete” and T.O.S. means “top of steel”. Other abbreviations…

Healthcare organizations strive to provide the highest quality, safest, most efficient, and cost-effective care possible. The goal of a healthcare organization committed to quality care is a comprehensive, systematic approach that prevents errors before they occur or identifies and corrects the mistakes so that adverse events are decreased, and safety and quality outcomes are maximized. Therefore, quality and risk management are focused are optimizing patient outcomes and emphasize the…

He argues that only “a few dozen common words and phrases” are abbreviated, and even then only by some texters. My experience as a texter supports this statement. The only abbreviation I have ever used when texting was lol (Laughing out loud), and I seldom use that with a select group of people. That abbreviation of “lol” as well as “u” instead of “you” are the only forms of text language that I have received in a text as well. Crystal concluded, “They [students] were perfectly clear in their…

complete his project, he especially works on the abbreviational convention of maya writing, because he realized that the Maya used lots of abbreviations. How did the Maya abbreviate their words ? Was there a common rule ? This is the most obvious question, however it points out the regional differences of the language. To what extend the maya abbreviations are similar to the ones used by the Romans, Greeks, Germans even the Egyptians ? This question helps Dr Zender to deduce the meaning…

First who is joint commission and what is there purpose? The joint commission was formed in 1951 as a not-for-profit, private nongovernmental organization by the American College of physicians, American College of Surgeons, American Hospital Association, American Medical Association, and later, the American Dental Association, for the purpose of improving the quality of health care provided to the public. The Joint Commission has changed its mission to not only address the quality of patient…

Patient safety is put at risk with abbreviations although it saves time initially it later creates more work for other professionals. The prescriber has to be contacted and asked what an abbreviation means, to prevent uncertainty of initial order that puts patient in harm as the result of confusion caused by an abbreviation. In the entire scope of the situation this abbreviations actually end up costing time and other substantial costs. Simply avoiding abbreviations goes a long way toward…

wants to change the conversation subject. For example, he showed another string of texts from a guy and a girl. As they were having a conversation, the guy used slash in a sentence to signal that he wanted to change the conversation topic. The abbreviation for laugh out loud is annoying in my opinion and I could relate to McWhorter when he said it was being used as a “pragmatic particle.” LOL can be overused and can be misinterpreted in different contexts if it’s put in the wrong place and…

“We’ve Got Mail – Always” was written by Andrew Leonard. He explains to the Internet users “the positive and negative effects of e-mail and other relatively new forms of online communication, especially the ways in which people interact with each other” (149). He provides the reader some statistics and several personal examples in order to emphasize his points. An example that was impressed me is that the e-mail is a powerful network that people can use in many ways. The email is a human…

In Michaela Cullington’s article, Does Texting Affect Writing, Cullington talks about the debate of texting affecting students writing. The writer uses many sources to back up both sides. Many teachers agreed that texting does inflict bad habits on student’s writing. Other teachers insisted that texting helped with student’s imagination and creativity while writing. In this article Cullington also involves the students themselves by asking them questions about their texting habits. Experts…