The AI Engine
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English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
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lunar22
19 years ago
19 years ago
...I actually do think they clog up the available space, hence the curse of the xnones now and then.
psimagus
19 years ago
19 years ago
I assume (for no better reason than that I more often am chatted to by well-developed/improved bots than random selection would imply) that less developed/improved bots are weighted not to initiate chats so often, so I wouldn't have thought that was to blame for the xnones.
Let's face it, 90% of the 6000+ bots on the site have a development rating lower than 145, and 80% are lower than 47. Most are stone cold and presumably abandoned. They'll occupy a bit of server space, but by my reckoning the bottom 4000 bots combined would be less than the top 10 combined in terms of cumulative development.
Do orphaned, defunct bots ever get culled? Perhaps that would be a better approach - any bots under 100 development who haven't been worked on for x months could be rounded up and fed to Bildgesmythe?
In public, like the Romans did in the Colisseum. We could sell tickets and hot dogs. Make a real spectacle of it
Let's face it, 90% of the 6000+ bots on the site have a development rating lower than 145, and 80% are lower than 47. Most are stone cold and presumably abandoned. They'll occupy a bit of server space, but by my reckoning the bottom 4000 bots combined would be less than the top 10 combined in terms of cumulative development.
Do orphaned, defunct bots ever get culled? Perhaps that would be a better approach - any bots under 100 development who haven't been worked on for x months could be rounded up and fed to Bildgesmythe?
In public, like the Romans did in the Colisseum. We could sell tickets and hot dogs. Make a real spectacle of it

Ulrike
19 years ago
19 years ago
The Prof does recycle abandoned bots now and then. I don't know what the development cut off is, though.
LOUD~Assassin
19 years ago
19 years ago
Hey i need some help plz.
Ok well i put hello in as a keyphrase but my bot doesn't to it... Is that because hello is meant to be a X statement???
Ok well i put hello in as a keyphrase but my bot doesn't to it... Is that because hello is meant to be a X statement???
Amaroq
19 years ago
19 years ago
Yeah, look in the x-keywords, you can program hello's and good byes etc, but if you need detailed instruction check out the book of AI.
stmoses
19 years ago
19 years ago
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
stmoses
19 years ago
19 years ago
English - Grammar - Abbreviations: Learn
Definition
An abbreviation is a letter or a shortened word which is used instead of the full word.
Abbreviation
Full expression
Latin term
e.g.
for example
exempli gratia
i.e.
that is
id est
N.B.
please note
nota bene
Mr
Mister
US
United States
Use
Abbreviations are used to save space - or to avoid repeating common terms.
They are often used in dictionaries, encyclopedias, and bibliographies.
Some organisations abbreviate their titles to the initial capital letters of their names.
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes.
Many traditional abbreviations are shortened forms of words from Latin.
Notice that a full stop is placed after an abbreviation, but not when the full word is used. Sometimes the full stop may be omitted in order to avoid double punctuation.
You should never begin a sentence with an abbreviation. Either spell out the word, or re-arrange the words in the sentence.
Companies and organisations often drop the full stops from their abbreviated titles. ICI
Imperial Chemicals Industry
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
WHO
World Health Organisation
Some abbreviations are spoken as if they were complete words: for instance, NATO ('NayTow').
Others are spelled out. For instance VIP [very important person] is usually spoken as three separate letters - "Vee-Eye-Pea".
Abbreviations are very useful when taking notes, but you should not use them in the main text of any formal writing.
If you wish to use any of these expressions, they should be written out in full. That is, don't use e.g., but write out for example.
NB! Don't use abbreviations in formal writing. Write out the word(s) in full.
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