: Re: Using uncommon abbreviations Something which I see all the time in (popular) science writing is the use of abbreviations to indicate concepts. For (a made up) example: So when we're dealing

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I was reading a history book recently that demonstrated this very problem - it was littered with abbreviations that were only explained in the first instance they were used. I constantly had to keep going backwards and forwards through the book to remind myself what they were.

The author really should (in my opinion) have put a complete glossary of abbreviations in the back of the book for ease of reference.

If a book uses a lot of unfamiliar abbreviations a glossary is the way to go.

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