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    AP Never Changes, Never Progresses

    OK, I know this is a first-world problem. But I’m still livid, after having (once again) submitted a question to the Associated Press (AP) Ask the Editor column and (once again) received an entirely unhelpful answer. My boss and I got into a quagmire about whether or not the term “advanced driver assistance systems” should be ADAS or ADASs when made into an initialism. Did you know that an initialism is an acronym that you can’t pronounce, but an acronym is pronounceable? Any

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