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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 convention of leaving a clear …

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

    Aug 25, 2022 · According to this article, the reverse pilcrow is used for right-to-left writing and is common when writing by hand: The reverse pilcrow (⁋) is used in the same manner as the original …

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

    Jun 15, 2017 · This answer not only doesn't include scriptural context that is widely accepted, but doesn't answer the question nor does it bring anyone closer to anything other than conspiracy …

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

    Sep 5, 2015 · ¶ The pilcrow sign (¶) is used herein to indicate a paragraph break where a paragraph break may not otherwise be obvious. We might place the sign either immediately after the text of one …

  5. 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 used in …

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

    Oct 12, 2013 · There are many typographical symbols, for example: The pilcrow (¶) is used for paragraphs. The asterisk, dagger and double dagger (*,†,‡) for footnotes. The hurricane (§) for …

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

    The pilcrow (¶), also called the paragraph mark, paragraph sign, paraph, alinea (Latin: a lineā, "off the line"), or blind P, is a typographical character commonly used to denote individual paragraphs.

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

    Nov 5, 2015 · Many of us are familiar with the section sign (§) and the paragraph sign or pilcrow (¶), but is there a sign, symbol, or mark meant to denote a sentence? Potentially, such a mark could be used for

  9. history - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Mar 28, 2012 · Additional footnotes are somewhat inconsistent and represented by a variety of symbols, e.g., parallels (||) and the pilcrow (¶), some of which were nonexistent in early modern typography.

  10. Is there a standard symbol for denoting a chapter in a citation ...

    Sep 4, 2023 · No. The standard abbreviations are Ch. and Chap. …or at least, if there is such a symbol, Unicode doesn’t know about it yet — and Unicode is pretty comprehensive, including characters as …