The OED may be called the OED in the body because, although it is an abbreviated form, people actually call it this at least this is my explanation. Generally, abbreviated titles are only acceptable within citations, e. However, the author would not say, "When the acting company first performed LLL?
When we get into writing papers that compare and contrast multiple texts from this course, you'll be able to abbreviate Fight Club as FC and The Talented Mr.
Ripley as TTMR in your citations, after the first time you've identified the text by its full name. In general, one word titles are not truncated to a single letter, so we won't be representing Vertigo as V.
I've attached the OED 's entry for sympathy as a noun; as you'll see, there are four main definitions, and 1 and 3 have sub-definitions. The citation I use above shows my reader that I am referring first to the entry for sympathy as a noun, secondly that it is definition number 3, and thirdly that it is sub-definition d. Citing so specifically is crucial, especially since differences between various definitions can often be maddeningly subtle on first examination.
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