ampersand
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- noun
- /ˈæmpərˌsænd/
- The authors included Smith & Jones in the paper to represent their collaboration.
Examples
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As long as you don't try to get fancy with superscripts or ampersand HTML codes for T, it works fine.
Blog text (25) -
The ampersand (&) is used in parentheses, but not in the written text.
Academic text (2002) -
With two authors, use both authors with the ampersand: (Harker & Parker, 2002).
Academic text (2002) -
"Apostrophes and Ampersands..." six abysmally romantic short stories by Jonathan Albert Miller.
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Apostrophes and Ampersands.
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You can find an ampersand & in the logo, which stands for 'and'.
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In writing, the ampersand & is often used in place of the word 'and' for brevity.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ampersand comes from the Latin word et, which means 'and' and was written by joining the letters e and t into one mark (&). The name ampersand comes from the old phrase and per se and used when people learned the alphabet, so the ampersand has long stood for the word 'and'.