The asterisk is also found in medieval texts as a sign of omission. Scribes did not always use the modern asterisk shape, some instead adopting a hooked cross with dots between each arm. However, when the asterisk was cut into type it was rendered as the five- or six-pointed star, and this is the form that has largely endured.
The asterisk often used interchangeably with the dagger or obelus persisted as an editing mark but was also frequently used as a caveat, showing that the passage highlighted by the asterisk was served by a footnote or side note. But, as W. But most writers and publishers want you to be aware that they do understand grammar and that they've included an ungrammatical phrase or sentence for illustrative purposes, such as:.
The sentences are not grammatically correct, but the meaning of each is comprehensible. You might insert these kinds of sentences in quoted material but use the asterisk to show that you realize they contain grammatical errors. Company Logos: Bill Walsh, the late copy chief at the Washington Post , said in his reference guide, "The Elephants of Style," that some companies use an asterisk in their names as "stylized hyphens" or gimmicky decorations, such as:.
But "punctuation is not decoration," says Walsh, who uses the hyphen for the internet broker and lowercases all of the letters in "Trade" other than the initial T and an apostrophe for the department store:.
The "Associated Press Stylebook, " agrees and goes further, advising that you should not use "symbols such as exclamation points, plus signs or asterisks that form contrived spellings that might distract or confuse a reader. So while this punctuation mark does have its place, as a general rule, use it sparingly and only in the previously discussed instances. The asterisk can be distracting to readers; keep your prose flowing smoothly by omitting it in when possible.
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Are zombies themselves excluded from the offer? Chuck Tomasi pointed out that Rich Hall, author of the "Sniglets" books, made up a name for the feeling you get when you encounter an orphan asterisk: asterexasperation. Arnie Ten , the artist who drew the illustrations in the "Sniglets" books, was also the artist for the first two Grammar Girl books.
He's the one who first brought Squiggly, Aardvark, and the peeves to life, so to speak. Using an Asterisk as a Footnote Symbol So, do asterisks differ from other footnote symbols, like numbers or letters? However, if you have more than one comment on a single page, you typically use a set of symbols in a specific order. One common sequence is to start with the asterisk and continue with the dagger, double dagger, section mark, parallels, and number sign.
If you need more symbols, you start over in the sequence and double each symbol; for example, double asterisk, double dagger, double double dagger, and so on. Does it go before or after a dash, for example? Well, it turns out the dash is an exception: according to the U. The asterisk does not indicate whether the pollster itself is partisan, but whether the money that paid for the poll came from a partisan source.
Hoist that big historical asterisk skyward and place it next to his name. In a year with less unrest economically, that would be an asterisk. But now, in the name of religion, some people want to add an asterisk. Instead of guessing, put an asterisk in the vacant spot and have the search engine figure it out for you. I have put an asterisk against the names of the colleges whose presidents are graduates of Oberlin.
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