What may be found where groundwater erodes limestone to form valleys sinkholes and caverns? What may be found where groundwater erodes limestone to form valleys sinkholes and caverns Edit
January 29, 2011. The ampersand (&) is a symbol for and. Unlike the percent or degree symbol, you generally shouldn't use the ampersand except in the most informal situations. Some style guides allow ampersands as part of a formal company name (Smith & Wesson, Tiffany & Co.). Other style guides recommend spelling out the and in such cases. Most style guides recommend using the ampersand when the rest of the name is also an abbreviation (AT&T) and in common expressions (R&D). As you see here, there are no spaces on either side of the ampersand when it is used that way.
The shape of the character (&) predates the word ampersand by more than 1,500 years. In the first century, Roman scribes wrote in cursive, so when they wrote the Latin word e t which means âandâ they linked the e and t. Over time the combined letters came to signify the word âandâ in English as well. Certain versions of the ampersand, like that in the font Caslon, clearly reveal the origin of the shape. The word âampersandâ came many years later when â&â was actually part of the English alphabet.