ACRONYMS

CNN: Cable News Networks
UFO: Unidentified Flying Object
SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
IBM: International Business Machines Corporation
VHS: Video Home System
DVD: Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc
SNAFU: Systems Neatly All Fucked UP
LASER: Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission or Radiation
RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
FAQ: Frecuently Asked Question (s)
CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read Only Memory
DNA: Deoxyribonucleic Acid
SPEG: Joint Photographics Experts Group
ATM: Automated Teller Machine
BCE/A.D: Before The Common Era
EU: European Union
NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement
4WD: Four Wheel Drive
AWD: ALL Wheel Drive
CIA: Central Intelligence Agency
FUBAR: (Fucked Up) Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition (Beyond All Repair)
FIDO: Latin Fidus
ABS: American Boys Scouts
TLC: Trades And Labour Council

Assignment 4 ENGLISH ANTAGONISMS

NO AND NONE:

We use no (= not a or not any) before a noun
There´s no lock on the door
There are no letters for you today
We´ve got no milk
We can use NO before singular countable nouns eg lock, plural countable nouns eg letters and uncountable nouns eg milk.

NO is more emphatic than "not a" or "not any" eg There isn´t a lock on the door. There aren´t any letters for you today.

NONE is a pronoun; we use it alone, without a noun.
Are there any letters for me today? No, none, I´am afraid
How much milk have we got? None.

Before my, this, the, etc or an object pronoun eg us, them, we use none of.
None of my friends have seen the film.
None of the photographs were very good.
None of us have any money.

When we use none of with a plural noun, the verb can be singular or plural.
None of my friends have/has seen the film.
A singular verb is more formal.