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Mojtaba vahdati Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Carat
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OK, Here my question is about a symbol that I frequently use while taking notes from my teachers, and after some searching through the google I figured out that it is especially used in proofreading. It's like a "Y" and every now and then I put it in the middle of my lines of writing and start putting some missing letters, words, or etc. I got curious about its name, so kept searching and I ended up with this (by reading an article in WikiHow about proofreading): "Carat".
But, to my astonishment, it is NOT included in neither British nor the American words of the Cambridge dictionary(website). I wonder if that's because it is a technical word... or what? And that aside, what verb do you use for it in English(assuming that "carat" is the correct word here)? In my own language we say "Open a carat"! Would that work in English too? Thanks.
OK, Here my question is about a symbol that I frequently use while taking notes from my teachers, and after some searching through the google I figured out that it is especially used in proofreading. It's like a "Y" and every now and then I put it in the middle of my lines of writing and start putting some missing letters, words, or etc. I got curious about its name, so kept searching and I ended up with this (by reading an article in WikiHow about proofreading): "Carat".
But, to my astonishment, it is NOT included in neither British nor the American words of the Cambridge dictionary(website). I wonder if that's because it is a technical word... or what? And that aside, what verb do you use for it in English(assuming that "carat" is the correct word here)? In my own language we say "Open a carat"! Would that work in English too? Thanks.
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Carat is a measure of weight for diamonds, rubies, and other gemstones. Caret is the word you want. It is in all the major dictionaries.
- Carat is a measure of weight for diamonds, rubies, and other gemstones.
- Caret is the word you want.
- It is in all the major dictionaries.
- ) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted
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Carat is a measure of weight for diamonds, rubies, and other gemstones.
Caret is the word you want. It is in all the major dictionaries. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/caret
--- a symbol (?) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter
Caret is the word you want. It is in all the major dictionaries. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/caret
--- a symbol (?) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter
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Thanks Alpheca and what verb do you use with it? Does "Open" work? or maybe "Place"?
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