Thread: Moral and Ethical Norms Regarding Book Sharing
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Old 09-27-2017, 11:36 AM   #84
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I read a long time ago (I think it was in the NYT style book, but I can't remember for sure) that stylistically the redundancy was acceptable so long as the redundant word was that represented by the last letter in the acronym. Thus, "OPEC countries" is fine as are your examples; "OPEC nations" is not.
Would that be the NYT Times style book?
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