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  1. symbols - What is the difference between a ¶ Pilcrow Sign and the ...

    Aug 4, 2015 · The pilcrow (¶) was traditionally genuinely used to mark the start of a new paragraph - or, perhaps more specifically, a new idea or section. It was used before the …

  2. punctuation - What was the reversed Pilcrow used for? - English ...

    Aug 25, 2022 · This contains the line: " Note that U+204B REVERSED PILCROW SIGN was derived from the typographic U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN (itself a descendant of U+2E3F …

  3. kjv - What is the origin of the paragraph markings in the King …

    Jun 15, 2017 · Souce: Pilcrow Part 1 Overall, the insertion of the pilcrow appears to be independently determined by each committee of the translation. The pilcrow (¶) has an …

  4. Pilcrow question - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 14, 2019 · The pilcrow is usually drawn similar to a lowercase q reaching from descender to ascender height; the loop can be filled or unfilled. There is evidence that an unfilled loop was …

  5. Should a pilcrow disambiguate the beginning of one paragraph?

    Sep 5, 2015 · The correct usage of the pilcrow sign "¶" (as I understand) is to begin a paragraph, or to indicate a paragraph on a page that is not laid out with ordinary paragraph line-breaks. …

  6. punctuation - Typographical symbol to indicate page - English …

    Oct 12, 2013 · @bamboo Unicode has three distinct pilcrows, and many fonts have additional ones. ‭ ¶ U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN; ‭ ⁋ U+204B REVERSED PILCROW SIGN; ‭ U+2761 …

  7. punctuation - Is there such a thing as a sentence sign? - English ...

    Nov 5, 2015 · From our modern English-language perspective, it seems fitting that since the pilcrow resembles a P for paragraph, this "silcrow" ought to resemble an S for sentence. …

  8. punctuation - What is this symbol called: “¶” - English Language ...

    It's called a pilcrow. From Wikipedia: The pilcrow (¶), also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea (Latin: a lineā, "off the line"), or blind P, is a typographical character …

  9. typography - When a dagger is used to indicate a note, must it …

    Feb 3, 2013 · Grammar Girl offers the same advice, citing Chicago Manual of Style.She writes: You use the symbols in a specific order that starts with the asterisk and then continues with …

  10. When do you leave a space in a paragraph and when do you not?

    Feb 18, 2013 · More obscure options such as running the line on and placing a pilcrow (¶) between them, can be found, but are extremely rare. The important thing to realise, is that …

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