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Non-caps spelling of acronyms

I noticed that in Italian acronyms usually aren't fully capitalized, e.g. "Usa" instead of "USA". I haven't seen this spelling convention in any other language and am curious if there's an explanation for it.
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Does this text have non-standard Italian?

I don't speak Italian, and my knowledge of Italian is limited to the amount I have learned through being a musician (so, mostly single words, with little grammatical context, I'm afraid!) I have been asked to transcribe sheet music for the following…
Bob Broadley
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"D'accordo" or "daccordo": How should I spell it?

Which one is the correct way to spell it? Io sono daccordo or Io sono d'accordo (with the apostrophe)
user68
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"Quassopra" vs. "qua sopra": entrambe corrette?

So che "qua sopra" è corretto (almeno credo), ma mi chiedevo se "quassopra" (modellato su "quassù") fosse anch'esso una forma corretta. Online non mi pare di trovare niente che dica che questa è una forma corretta, anche se viene usata su alcuni…
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