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  2. Ampersand - Wikipedia

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    The sign derives from the scribes' ligature for the Latin: et; in certain italic versions, the letters e and t are clearly distinguishable. — Geoffrey Glaister, Glossary of the Book [ 2 ] Traditionally in English, when spelling aloud, any letter that could also be used as a word in itself ("A", "I", and " O ") was referred to by the Latin ...

  3. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    et seq. et seqq. et sequa. et sequens "and the words, pages, etc. that follow" Used when referring the reader to a passage beginning in a certain place, and continuing, e.g., "p.6 et seqq." means "page 6 and the pages that follow". Use et seqq. or et sequa. if "the following" is plural. et ux. et uxor "and wife" et vir "and husband" dwt ...

  4. Eth - Wikipedia

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    Eth in Arial and Times New Roman. Eth (/ ɛ ð / edh, uppercase: Ð , lowercase: ð ; also spelled edh or eð), known as ðæt in Old English, [1] is a letter used in Old English, Middle English, Icelandic, Faroese (in which it is called edd), and Elfdalian.

  5. List of Latin phrases (E) - Wikipedia

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    et alibi (et al.) and elsewhere: A less common variant on et cetera ("and the rest") used at the end of a list of locations to denote unenumerated/omitted ones. et alii, et aliae, et alia (et al.) and others: Used similarly to et cetera ("and the rest") to denote names that, usually for the sake of space, are unenumerated/omitted.

  6. Full stop - Wikipedia

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    However, the use of full stops after letters in an initialism or acronym is declining, and many of these without punctuation have become accepted norms (e.g., "UK" and "NATO"). [b] When used in a series (typically of three, an ellipsis) the mark is also used to indicate omitted words.

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2024 December 17 ...

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    A phrase such as "during the 5 o'clock hour" is sometimes used to denote the period from 5 o'clock until 6 o'clock. At least around where I live in NC.--User:Khajidha (contributions) 15:06, 18 December 2024 (UTC) 2. Not really no. 24 hour time is not in general use in the United States and is only vaguely familiar to most people.

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  9. Russian alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The letters were indeed originally omitted from the sample alphabet, printed in a western-style serif font, presented in Peter 's edict, along with the letters з (replaced by ѕ ), и and ф (the diacriticized letter й was also removed), but were reinstated except ѱ and ѡ under pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church in a later variant of ...