Ad vs. add

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Grammarist

Ad has one main use in today’s English: it’s short for advertisement. The word has born a few other senses in its history, but the others are now used seldom if ever.

Add is a verb meaning (1) to calculate the total of multiple elements, and (2) to expand or increase with an addition. It does not conventionally function as an abbreviation of advertisement. 

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