Every now and then I get caught out by a spellchecker around the word asterisk. I can accept that this is the correct spelling, however I hear a lot of people pronouncing it as asterix also. Is i...

Feb 3, 2013 · It is not at all unusual to see the dagger used as the only note marker, or to have the asterisk skipped and the dagger and double dagger used. Often the asterisk is apt to be …

For example, when some long prose passage ends, this appears: * * * Then some new prose passage begins. The three asterisks dividing the two prose sections are understood to divide …

Mar 28, 2012 · According to @Mahnax's answer to this question, the Chicago Manual of Style Online states that the correct sequence of footnote symbols is as follows: * (asterisk; but do …

Jun 8, 2020 · For what reason Wikipedia lists comma as the comma, full stop as the full stop, ampersand as the ampersand, but asterisk as an asterisk, and ellipsis as an ellipsis? For what …

Standard practice is to substitute asterisk when replacing just some letters (especially vowels, and not normally the first or last letter) in a swear-word (for example - "sh*t", or "c**t"). Any random …

Mar 14, 2016 · What is the mark of punctuation called that sometimes separates sections of a chapter with a glyph placed in the middle between the margins? It's hard to explain, but here's …

May 1, 2014 · Letters in offensive words are often removed to make words less offensive, like f----ed, or n-gger. (Though this isn't just for offensive words—see G-d). What is the best …

As Hot Licks points out, the asterisk is commonly used to denote a footnote. The use was extended colloquially to denote that something took place under unusual circumstances. Its …

Feb 15, 2018 · Is there supposed to be a space before a footnote reference mark? For example: This is a sentence. 1 (let's say 1 is the footnote number) or there isn't supposed to be a space, …