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  • Mishaikh February 15, 2016 10:00

    The symbol & represents word 'and' so it should not be considered as an alphabet, or as it happened to be so in the past now it is not so. Besides it is not considered good to use in text, but in numbers like 1st, 2nd & 3rd. But it is not mostly used in text: "you, me & him."

  • A738a February 15, 2016 8:49

    Frankly, I don't get the point. It is frowned upon if we use it in written English, instead of and, that is.

  • A738a February 15, 2016 8:45

    It was part of the English alphabet during 1800s. Nowadays it  is used primarily in business names.

    In the early 1800s, school children reciting their ABCs concluded the alphabet with the &. It would have been confusing to say “X, Y, Z, and.” Rather, the students said, “and per se and.” “Per se” means “by itself,” so the students were essentially saying, “X, Y, Z, and by itself and.” Over time, “and per se and” was slurred together into the word we use today:ampersan.

    excerpt from: Dictionary.com

  • arun February 15, 2016 1:13

    Englsih alphabet.docx

    https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2393332991?profile=original
    • valentina > arun February 15, 2016 9:51

      Thank you, it's really interesting, sorry for being ironical yesterday.

  • valentina February 14, 2016 15:56

    Is it the only question you are thinking about on Valentine's Day? About symbols: there are quite a lot of them - #,%,@,$ and others. Why should they be considered a part of the alphabet?

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