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Context rules
Dr. Johnson lives in Elm Dr. Doctor Johnson lives in Elm drive
St. Peter’s St. Saint Peter’s street
Dr. Johnson lives in St. Peter’s St. Doctor Johnson lives in Saint
Peter’s street
Acronyms
Acronyms are pronounced as normal words.
NASA NATO IRIS UNESCO
Initialisms
Initialisms are pronounced letter by letter.
FBI CIA IRS FDA EPA NCO
CDC TV Ph.D. MBA USSR GMT
GQ ABC BC BSc. CEO PC
PR LP CD MC OK VP
FCC PD VIP GOP
BRAZILIAN SYNTAX RULES
Numbers
Cardinal numbers of up to 15 digits are pronounced as full numbers, longer
digit strings are pronounced digit by digit. Leading zero’s are equally pro-
nounced digit by digit.
123456789012345 1234567890123456 007
Periods may be used to separate groups of three digits.
1.234 123.456.789.012.345
Decimal numbers may contain up to 15 digits before and after the comma.
Periods may be used to separate groups of three digits (before the comma).