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Let's say you were going to put 3 annotations all on one page. What are the 3 different symbols you would use if you weren't going to use numbers?










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Let's say you were going to put 3 annotations all on one page. What are the 3 different symbols you would use if you weren't going to use numbers?







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  • -1 General reference.
    – Kris
    Feb 13 '12 at 9:54










  • a, b, and c
    – Hot Licks
    58 secs ago


















  • -1 General reference.
    – Kris
    Feb 13 '12 at 9:54










  • a, b, and c
    – Hot Licks
    58 secs ago
















-1 General reference.
– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54




-1 General reference.
– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54












a, b, and c
– Hot Licks
58 secs ago




a, b, and c
– Hot Licks
58 secs ago










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A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.



This is typography rather than English.






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    +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
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  • +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
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  • And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
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What Henry says; another convention uses *, **, and ***.






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    Just put emojis,because they're also a type of symbol.





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      Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .






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        A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.



        This is typography rather than English.






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          +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
          – Cerberus
          Feb 13 '12 at 8:17










        • +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
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        • And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
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        A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.



        This is typography rather than English.






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          +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
          – Cerberus
          Feb 13 '12 at 8:17










        • +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
          – Kris
          Feb 13 '12 at 9:53










        • And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
          – GEdgar
          Feb 13 '12 at 14:55













        up vote
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        up vote
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        A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.



        This is typography rather than English.






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        A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.



        This is typography rather than English.







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          +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
          – Cerberus
          Feb 13 '12 at 8:17










        • +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
          – Kris
          Feb 13 '12 at 9:53










        • And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
          – GEdgar
          Feb 13 '12 at 14:55














        • 1




          +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
          – Cerberus
          Feb 13 '12 at 8:17










        • +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
          – Kris
          Feb 13 '12 at 9:53










        • And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
          – GEdgar
          Feb 13 '12 at 14:55








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        +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
        – Cerberus
        Feb 13 '12 at 8:17




        +1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers).
        – Cerberus
        Feb 13 '12 at 8:17












        +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
        – Kris
        Feb 13 '12 at 9:53




        +1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though.
        – Kris
        Feb 13 '12 at 9:53












        And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
        – GEdgar
        Feb 13 '12 at 14:55




        And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶
        – GEdgar
        Feb 13 '12 at 14:55












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        What Henry says; another convention uses *, **, and ***.






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                        Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .






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