Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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JimJMcDonnell

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In a similar vein, a major UK newspaper only capitalises the first letter of initialisms or acronyms, e.g. 'Opec' for the Oil Producing and Exporting Companies, 'Defra' for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs etc. This irritates me, I think these should read OPEC and DEFRA respectively, but how does everyone else feel? Is there an accepted style guide convention?