Test of asterisks (etc)
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by JeanTate
When is an asterisk just an asterisk, and not a 'bullet'?
Let's see ... multiply 2 by 2, and you get 4: 22=4. Good. Sometimes an asterisk can indicate a footnote. That, obviously, did not work as intended.
And if there are two multiplications in one line? 222=8. Good! To get the force, F, you multiply the two masses by big G, and divide by r squared: F=Gm1m2/r^2, or:
force equals mass-onebigGmass-two over distance squared.What about minus signs? Or dashes? You know, then you have a parenthetic comments - like this - in a sentence. Or in an equation: 2-3 = -1. So far, so good. But what about if your sentence starts with one of these?
-1 is what you get when you subtract 3 from 2. Yay!
And the period - a.k.a. full stop - can a line begin with one of those, without it being turned into a bullet list?
. is an important typographic mark.
... three of them in a row indicate ellipsis.Good! Except for the asterisk.
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