Keeping it brief

[Alan]

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Hi,

The secret of a good advertisement in a newspaper is to say it in as few words as you can. That way you cut the cost down. And even better is if you can use abbreviations. If you're trying to sell your house, it's a good idea to use these shortened forms: gdn for garden lge for large, bds for bedrooms and so on. It's probably just as well people don't actually talk like that

http://www.english-test.net/newsletter/in-short-111.html

Alan
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[Nawar]

Hi Alan,
It is very useful article, but I can't guess the meaning of the abbreviations if I didn't know it!