Assertion: acronym | /r/HasProperty | applied to abbreviation
Facets:
value: in everyday use
type: OTHER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage says that acronym "denotes abbreviations formed from initial letters of other words and pronounced as a single word, such as NATO (as distinct from B-B-C)" but adds later "In everyday use, acronym is often applied to abbreviations that are technically initialisms, since they are pronounced as separate letters.