English Experts

[Alessandro]

Olá!

Quando vou citar alguma coisa cujo nome é uma sigla, por exemplo, grupos LEV e GEV , em inglês, eu devo usar o nome antes, ou depois? (LEV and GEV groups ou groups LEV and GEV). E quando é somente um? LEV group ou group LEV.

Obrigada!

[donay mendonça]

Erica,

Na mina opinião, o mais comum é a sigla vir primeiro. Veja exemplos retirados do Google, feitos por falantes nativos do inglês.

- ''You can amp up your efforts to trace your family tree by having your DNA tested, added to DNA databases, and joining DNA groups...''

- ''A further parallel between RNA and protein is revealed in the structure of an RNA group.''


Bons estudos!

[Thomas]

I do not know of a hard, fast rule. It becomes complicated when the name is given completely and when it is also given as an abbreviation. The following examples are USUALLY true, I believe, unless (a) they are followed by such nouns as agent, affiliates, spokesperson, teams, schedules, office, etc. and/or (b) are used in headlines. There is an exception to every exception.

ABC
The American Broadcasting Corporation (not American Broadcasting Corporation)
ABC (not The ABC)

BSA
The Boy Scouts of America (Boy Scouts of America)
The BSA (not BSA)

CBS
The Columbia Broadcasting Service (not Columbia Broadcasting Service)
CBS (not The CBS)

IRS
The Internal Revenue Service (not Internal Revenue Service)
The IRS (not IRS)

NBA
The NBA (not NBA)
The National Basketball Associaton (not National Basketball Associaton)

UCLA
The University of California at Los Angeles (not University of California at Los Angeles)
UCLA (not The UCLA)

UIB
Unemployment Insurance Benefits
(not The Unemployment Insurance Benefits)
UIB (not The UIB)