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Hi
I want know about encoding in separate words
of these idioms


AM-about midday(time)Is this correctly?
PM-post midday (time)Is this correctly?

VIP-not know completly
Thanks
Igor

Answer
Hi,
Everybody uses a.m. and p.m. to mean before noon and after noon, The Latin word for "midday" is meridian, from which comes the english word ante-meridian, whose short form is a.m. which means before midday. P.m. is the short form for post-meridian, meaning after midday.
VIP, Very Important Person
It is interesting that in English, the short version of Very Important Person is pronounced letter-by-letter as an abbreviation: «V-I-P». The plural form is VIPs.  

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