Want To Understand The News?

You need these words

This week, we’re talking about English abbreviations.

Shorter versions of words that are very common.

Where’s a good place to spot abbreviations?

The news!

They use them all the time.

It’s a great way to save space.

And to confuse non-native speakers!

See if you can untangle the meaning of these headlines:

Tech Execs Swap Intel at Crypto Con

Docs Debate New Med Tech at Health Expo

Celebs Clash Over Promo Vid

Here are the abbreviations:

• Tech
• Exec
• Con
• Doc
• Med
• Expo
• Celeb
• Promo
• Vid

Try to figure them out: what are they short for?

Then share your guesses in the comments.

And I’ll give you the answers, plus some more common abbreviations, tomorrow.

Cheers,
Mr. Vig