Abbreviations & Acronyms to Build Your Vocabulary

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While learning English, you will come across a plethora of abbreviations and acronyms when listening to spoken conversations as well as when reading books and articles. So it's important to understand these shortened words in order to build your vocabulary and improve your comprehension.

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Really excellent presentation dear sir
I missed only a few _ ADD, BYOB ( I am a teetotalar), POTUS. Regularly watching your videos and subscribed four years ago.

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[golsas]

Hey Wes, thanks so much for this useful abbreviations and acronyms I really enjoyed it!

[esmaaltunay]

Wes you are the best teacher I've ever seen.

[abc]

Abbreviations and Acronyms are the words I always forget about their meaning. Today I need to fresh them ASAP.

[zbigniewbrzezinski]

Hi,
Would you consider making a video on the correct use of dates in English ?
It’s one of the most confusing topics; well, for me at least !

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[ferozakohistani]

I learned lots of English words, phrasal verbs, , and idioms, , tnk u so much dear teacher,

[arundhatimahipati]

your videos are really very interesting and your explanation is superb

[Aerosmith]

Actually, I knew every answer except I didn't know what POTUS stands for. Thanks for the info. You should continue teaching English. I am awaiting what kind of intriguing lesson you come up with on Tuesday.

[reemderek]

Hey thanks a lot!what will the next lesson be I hope it’s a vocabulary lesson cause they are really helpful.

[Ira-vcwl]

Hello Wes teacher, I don't have any words to give comment, Gr8 lesson, Thank you so much

[jacksonamaral]

good to know, at least, a little bit of this acronyms.

[Franciscoluche]

Interesting! I didn’t know about some acronyms (POTUS/FLOTUS). 😅 Thanks. 😊👍

[daravongjunior]

I found your video is very helpful for English writing and speaking. Thanks for your efforts to prepare all of your videos and I'm looking forward to watching your new interesting videos soon.

[wendell]

Would you please make a video some day about the pronunciation in contexts of the word TO