Pedant Rant: AP Stylebook confuses acronyms and initialisms

The AP Stylebook has arguably been more valuable to me than the articles the Associated Press actually produce.

However, come on, not to be a grammar policeman (that’s your job!), but neither LRA nor IRA are acronyms. An acronym is a word made up of the first letters of other words. What you have there are initialisms.

You’re right to an extent, though: Don’t use them so often.

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