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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The number of acronymns is also being limited in some. I have not had the cheek yet to point out the difference between an acronym and an abbreviation!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">cvnet <cvnet-bounces@lawton.ewind.com> on behalf of Qasim Zaidi via cvnet <cvnet@lawton.ewind.com><br>
<b>Reply to: </b>Qasim Zaidi <qz@sunyopt.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, 29 April 2022 at 3:30 am<br>
<b>To: </b>"cvnet@mail.ewind.com" <cvnet@mail.ewind.com>, "visionlist@visionscience.com" <visionlist@visionscience.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[cvnet] Abbreviations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone know why "e.g." and "i.e." are being edited out of journals, especially JOV? They're well understood concise short-hand for cumbersome longer phrases, so I would like to understand the objections to using them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Qasim Zaidi PhD<br>
SUNY Distinguished Professor <br>
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Graduate Center for Vision Research, <br>
State University of New York College of Optometry,<br>
33 West 42nd St, New York, NY 10036.<br>
Office: 212-938-5542; Lab: 212-938-5756; Fax: 212-938-5537<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:qz@sunyopt.edu" target="_blank">qz@sunyopt.edu</a><br>
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