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Why is DJ as abreviation of disc jockey capitalized?

Is there a rule saying that abreviations are capitalized as opposed to the written out nouns they stand for?
  • Industrie/Domein: Language
  • Category: Grammar
  • Created: 16:00, 31 December 1969

Answers (1)

wwwnavraj

First of all it is "Disco Jockey" not "Disc Jockey". It is a common practice using capitalized first alphabets of all such/similar/common words and terms.

08:03, 20 April 2011

transberlin

I know that it is common practice, but I need to know whether there's a grammar rule to explain why it's DJ and not dj. Usually nouns are not capitalized and the two letters stand for a noun.... Who can help?

17:40, 20 April 2011

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