2007-03-02 13:04:54 · 4 answers · asked by Pepper 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Many people mistakenly think that it can because the names for @ (ampersat) and & (ampersand) sound very similar, and are often mistaken for the same word when spoken.
The at sign is a typographic symbol most commonly used as an abbreviation in accounting and commercial invoices, in statements such as "7 widgets @ $2 ea. = $14". More recently, the at symbol has become ubiquitous due to its use in email addresses.
@ is often referred to informally as the at symbol, the at sign, the ampersat, the commat, or just at. It has the official name commercial at in the ANSI/CCITT/Unicode character encoding standards
For and, we have &. Ampersand, meaning and. It is used in logotypes, company names, and other commercial contexts. It originates from the Latin et (meaning and), the two letters e and t having been joined together. Turned as if viewed in a mirror, , it becomes the sign for an old weight measure, roughly a pound. Ampersand can also be drawn as an open sign, in which case it looks like a capital, italic e.
2007-03-02 13:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by Raising6Ducklings! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Use the '&' ampersand or '+' plus symbols for and.
2007-03-02 13:12:25 · answer #2 · answered by kamikak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, this is the symbol for 'and' -- &
2007-03-02 13:09:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
@ = at
& = and
That's all folks!
2007-03-02 13:13:08 · answer #4 · answered by I_Love_Life! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋