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ampersand::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | punctuation, punctuation mark |
Examples of ampersand
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The modern ampersand is virtually identical to that of the Carolingian minuscule.
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It's entrance is hidden at the back of the room, marked with a neon ampersand.
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As a side note, guess why the ampersand is placed where it is on Qwerty keyboards?
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In SGML, XML, and HTML, the ampersand is used to introduce an SGML entity.
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I would rather stick to using the ampersand, as that's what all the reference books use.
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Saturday's NYC created hats, sweatshirts and tees, all adorned with a big white ampersand.
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The italic ampersand, to the right, is originally a later et-ligature.
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In such names, a comma never follows the word just before the ampersand.
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In Fortran, the ampersand forces the compiler to treat two lines as one.
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- A punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
- An ampersand (or epershand) "&" is a logogram representing the conjunction word "and".
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- The symbol "&"
- N. the standard character that is called ``ampersand'' (&). See Figure 2-5.
- The ligature of et and a corruption of and per se and which means "and standing by itself means and".
- A symbol for the word "and" consisting of the two letters e and t in an elaborate ligature, from the Latin word "et," one form of Latin "and."
- The & sign. Schoolboys recited the Latin meaning "and by itself is 'and'," (in Latin, "and per se and"), and the phrase became shortened to ampersand.
- Sometimes called "and" or "concatenation" symbol.
