Annotation symbols

Question

Let's say you were going to put 3 annotations all on one page. What are the 3 different symbols you would use if you weren't going to use numbers?

Henry · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-13 08:05:11Z

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A common convention is asterisk *, dagger †, and double dagger ‡.

This is typography rather than English.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:05

Henry
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+1 (though I can rarely think of a reason not to use numbers). – Cerberus Feb 13 '12 at 8:17

+1 for the second sentence. @language hacker: The first one is common knowledge, though. – Kris Feb 13 '12 at 9:53

And the fourth one is what, pilcrow? ¶ – GEdgar Feb 13 '12 at 14:55

Cerberus · Answer 2 · 2012-02-13 08:19:05Z

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What Henry says; another convention uses *, **, and ***.

answered Feb 13 '12 at 8:19

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speedyGonzales · Answer 3 · 2012-02-13 09:36:48Z

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Well I should use Roman numbers instead because they are also symbols :D I, II, III .

answered Feb 13 '12 at 9:36

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