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kentauros
Jan 2016
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. The first 6 choices.
kentauros
(29,414 posts)2. Those are certainly the most-commonly known meanings.
Reading the wiki page on Number sign reveals some interesting meanings. Such as:
Chess notation: # after a move denotes checkmate, being easier to type than the traditional .
Copy writing and editing: technical writers often use three hash signs ("###" as a marker in text where more content will be added or there are errors to be corrected.
Medical shorthand: # is often used to indicate a bone fracture. For example, '#NOF' is often used for 'fractured neck of femur'.
In linguistic syntax, # before an example sentence denotes that the sentence is semantically ill-formed, though grammatically well-formed. For instance, "#The toothbrush is pregnant" is a grammatical sentence, but the meaning is odd.
Copy writing and editing: technical writers often use three hash signs ("###" as a marker in text where more content will be added or there are errors to be corrected.
Medical shorthand: # is often used to indicate a bone fracture. For example, '#NOF' is often used for 'fractured neck of femur'.
In linguistic syntax, # before an example sentence denotes that the sentence is semantically ill-formed, though grammatically well-formed. For instance, "#The toothbrush is pregnant" is a grammatical sentence, but the meaning is odd.
I need to remember the copy-writing one, because there are times when I need a place name (or a new person's name) and don't want to lose my train of overall story-telling thoughts.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)3. Pound, number and hashtag
Doc_Technical
(3,527 posts)4. Tic-Tac-Toe
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