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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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– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54
a
,b
, andc
– Hot Licks
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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?
writing symbols
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?
writing symbols
writing symbols
asked Feb 13 '12 at 7:56
language hacker
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-1 General reference.
– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54
a
,b
, andc
– Hot Licks
58 secs ago
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-1 General reference.
– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54
a
,b
, andc
– 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).
– 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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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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4 Answers
4
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.
This is typography rather than English.
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
add a comment |
up vote
6
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accepted
A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.
This is typography rather than English.
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
add a comment |
up vote
6
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accepted
up vote
6
down vote
accepted
A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.
This is typography rather than English.
A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.
This is typography rather than English.
answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:05
Henry
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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
add a comment |
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
1
1
+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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2
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What Henry says; another convention uses *
, **
, and ***
.
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What Henry says; another convention uses *
, **
, and ***
.
What Henry says; another convention uses *
, **
, and ***
.
answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:19
Cerberus
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Just put emojis,because they're also a type of symbol.
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Just put emojis,because they're also a type of symbol.
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Just put emojis,because they're also a type of symbol.
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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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Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .
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Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .
Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .
answered Feb 13 '12 at 9:36
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-1 General reference.
– Kris
Feb 13 '12 at 9:54
a
,b
, andc
– Hot Licks
58 secs ago