ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up160
arrow-up160external-linkWhat sorts of punctuation do you wish existed, or were in common use in your language?en.wikipedia.orgALostInquirer@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaresemlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoUSA English also uses ~ before a number to signify “about” in informal contexts. “It costs ~$20”. Chemistry has a weird one for this: “ca. 20 mL” means “about 20 mL” and I never found out why.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 hours agoIt is circa, but I like to think it’s “chemist’s approximately”
minus-squaresemlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agoMaybe, I usually only hear that in relation to time / maybe I’m not remembering it right, or maybe chemists apply it to amounts as well
minus-squareajoebyanyothername@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·21 hours agoSame, but it does mean ‘around’ or ‘approximately’, so would still work in this context.
USA English also uses ~ before a number to signify “about” in informal contexts. “It costs ~$20”.
Chemistry has a weird one for this: “ca. 20 mL” means “about 20 mL” and I never found out why.
Circa?
It is circa, but I like to think it’s “chemist’s approximately”
Maybe, I usually only hear that in relation to time / maybe I’m not remembering it right, or maybe chemists apply it to amounts as well
Same, but it does mean ‘around’ or ‘approximately’, so would still work in this context.