Then the symbol turned back into a word, not meaning love ... period." Blankety blank does not really refer to the symbol for a blank (_____), but for what would be filled into that blank ...

as a substitute for having a blank space in place of a new paragraph, a “¶” symbol appears in place of paragraph breaks. Put, whenever a new paragraph is created in a Word document ...

Some used unfamiliar symbols ... with empty white spaces. As Emile Zola wrote, “One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.” Apparently the written word itself can ...

In the studies, participants were presented with either a symbol or its word counterpart, e.g., '$' or 'dollar,' and tested on how many symbols or words they could remember. In all studies ...

For instance, you can insert symbols in Docs simply by typing out your best estimation on a generic keyboard. Here’s how to do that with word substitutions in Google Docs. One of the most ...

But sometimes the name for a symbol takes on a different sort of meaning, so that it is no longer a name, but a word in its own right. Here are eight words that started as symbols. The heart ...

The new study aimed to investigate how well symbols are remembered compared to words with the same meaning. Everyday symbols like &?!#@$ are highly memorable, according to new research.