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English term
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5 +1 | ampersand | AhmedAMS |
1 | حرف العطف " و" | Fathy Shehatto |
Apr 24, 2007 08:28: Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Apr 24, 2007 08:28: Dr. Hamzeh Thaljeh changed "Language pair" from "Arabic to English" to "English to Arabic"
May 1, 2007 15:50: AhmedAMS changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "English" , "Field" from "Tech/Engineering" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Computers: Systems, Networks" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
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ampersand
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Note added at 10 mins (2007-04-24 08:25:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Take it easy on yourself. It could happen to anyone of us.
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حرف العطف " و"
commonly called an "and sign," is a logogram representing the conjunction "and." The symbol is a ligature of the letters in et, Latin for "and." Its origin is apparent in the second example in the image to the right; the first example, now more common, is a later development.
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