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TEACHABLE MOMENTS | AMPERSAND IS A WHAT?




I don’t know much about symbols, let me get this out of the way.


I am that dude who knows how to think... but can’t process it properly. In some ways, my default function is to procrastinate and the biggest reason why you might understand my paragraphs is probably because of Grammarly.


Anyway, there are times when I am too lazy to go SHIFT+7.


It’s the “and” symbol.


I know I never learned how to type properly (I passed my typing class because my group constructed a big-ass keyboard) and in my chopstick ways, I probably won’t survive the age of the typewriter because of the insane amount of mistakes. But I managed to “Ivan Pavlov” my way to typing “and” on the keyboard without difficulty.


Ampersand is the “and” symbol.


&


This symbol!


I never knew that.


Apparently, it's Roman graffiti that successfully breached the English language.



And now I know.


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