Can someone please tell me why when someone uses the word bbw why they always feel the need to put it in all capital letters??
Originally Posted by Melissa Madyson
This is because the correct
formal grammar rule is to capitalize all letters of acronyms. With a few exceptions such as the inclusion of a word like 'of', 'or', 'a', etc as part of the acronym.
Capitalization of Acronyms
Every letter in an acronym should be capitalized, regardless of whether the words those letters represent start with capital letters:
I'm by no means an English or grammar expert, but that's how it was taught to me, and has stuck with me over the years.