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ampersand

 (n): a punctuation mark (&) used to represent conjunction (and)
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2 months ago VanishedOne said:

I just learnt there's an Ampersand weblog.

3 months ago frindley said:

There is nothing, simply nothing, better than messing about with ampersands. I love this character nearly as much as I love the letter Q.

7 months ago rolig said:

I agree that ampersands are annoying in text, and generally stylebooks say to convert them to "and", but it's easy to see why people like them so much. They're fun! & What a lovely mark – from the Latin "et"! And sometimes so very elegant in certain fonts. In older books you can see &c. for "etc."

about 1 year ago uselessness said: A Tip for Proper English

Eschew ampersands & abbreviation, etc.

about 1 year ago nkocharh said: and, per se, and

This word has a splendid derivation.

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