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Originally Posted by issybird
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.
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I don't see any problem with that, personally. "OPEC" is the name of the organisation. "OPEC nations" are nations which are members of OPEC.
It's not like saying "ISBN number", or "AC current", where you're redundantly repeating the last letter of the acronym.
Human language is full of redundancy, anyway, which is there to reduce the chance of misunderstandings. Phrases like "join together" (things that join can only do so together) or "prior experience" (all experience is, by definition, prior).