Dear Larisa, On 22/12/2013 19:04, Larisa B. Gurnick wrote:
Regarding Olivier's question about "the ATRT2", Sabra, the editor, has gone through the entire document, ensuring that acronyms are spelled out the first time they appear and making sure that the words "the" are incorporated consistently. This is her explanation for the methodology that she followed: "I included the digit in the full term, as it is significant to the name. That means in most cases it should appear without the article, as "ATRT2." In cases where the article is present, it's because it modifies a noun, such as "the ATRT2 report." This approach is already reflected in Draft #2 circulated on Friday.
I'm not sure I agree with this grammar. In general, the inclusion or non inclusion of a pronoun before an acronym depends on the expanded version of this acronym, thus ATRT2 expands to "Accountability & Transparency Review Team 2". I'd therefore think that in the vast majority of cases, it would be "The ATRT2 does this, the ATRT2 recommends that". That said, I apologise for picking on an issue that's really a non issue so I am fine with the choices which were made. Please do not waste any more time on this. Kindest regards, Olivier