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Originally Posted by issybird
Actually, saying ATM machine is fine. You are allowed to use the last word of an acronym after the acronym itself, but not a synonym. For example, you can say OPEC countries, but OPEC nations is incorrect. I think you're old enough to remember the SALT talks?
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Well I'll be! I didn't know it was correct form. I always thought it was wrong to do that, including your examples. Learn something new.