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Quotation marks in English, Possessive * Asterisk: Asterism, Dagger: Footnote ⁂ Asterism: Dinkus, Therefore sign @ At sign \ Backslash: Slash, Solidus (/) ` Backtick (non-Unicode name) ('Backtick' is an alias for the grave accent symbol) ‱ Basis point (per ten thousand) Per cent, per mille (per 1,000) ∵: Because sign: Therefore sign ...
In historical linguistics, the asterisk marks words or phrases that are not directly recorded in texts or other media, and that are therefore reconstructed on the basis of other linguistic material by the comparative method. [33] In the following example, the Proto-Germanic word *ainlif is a reconstructed form. *ainlif → endleofan → eleven
Some sources distinguish "diacritical marks" (marks upon standard letters in the A–Z 26-letter alphabet) from "special characters" (letters not marked but radically modified from the standard 26-letter alphabet) such as Old English and Icelandic eth (Ð, ð) and thorn (uppercase Þ, lowercase þ), and ligatures such as Latin and Anglo-Saxon Æ (minuscule: æ), and German eszett (ß; final ...
A dinkus can be used to accentuate a break between subsections of a single overarching section. [5] When an author chooses to use a dinkus to divide a larger section, [6] [7] the intent is to maintain an overall sense of continuity within the overall chapter or section while changing elements of the setting or timeline.
In the Oxford English Dictionary, the dagger symbol indicates an obsolete word. [25] Non-death usages include: The asteroid 37 Fides, the last asteroid to be assigned an astronomical symbol before the practice faded, was assigned the dagger. In Anglican chant pointing, the dagger indicates a verse to be sung to the second part of the chant.
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Meaning Example of Use Dele: Delete: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ Begin new paragraph: Pilcrow (Unicode U+00B6) ¶ no: Remove paragraph break: Caret [a] (Unicode U+2038, 2041, 2380) ‸ or ⁁ or ⎀ Insert # Insert space: Close up (Unicode U+2050) ⁐ Tie words together, eliminating a space: I was reading the news⁐paper this morning ...
[1] The asterism was originally used as a type of dinkus in typography, though increasingly rarely. [ 2 ] It can also be used to mean "untitled" or author or title withheld – as seen, for example, in some editions of Album for the Young by composer Robert Schumann ( № 21, 26, and 30). [ 3 ]