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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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a, b, and c
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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
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a, b, and c
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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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asked Feb 13 '12 at 7:56

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asked Feb 13 '12 at 7:56

language hacker

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asked Feb 13 '12 at 7:56

language hacker

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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, and c
– Hot Licks
58 secs ago

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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

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

This is typography rather than English.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:05

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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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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

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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.

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 |

up vote
6
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accepted

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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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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answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:05

Henry

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answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:05

Henry

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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 (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 ***.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:19

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

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

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

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answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:19

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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 .

answered Feb 13 '12 at 9:36

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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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answered Feb 13 '12 at 9:36

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