POP CULTURE: Note Taking

SYMBOL	MEANING	EXAMPLE
®	leads to, produces, causes, makes	Practice ®improvement.
¬	comes from, is the result of	Success ¬ determination.
	increased, increasing, goes up, rises	Taxes 200% last year.
¯	decreased, decreasing, lowering	Salaries ¯this year.
&	and	coffee & cream
@	at	I'll be home @ 4:00p.m.
/	per	17 miles/gallon
p	page	Read p 89.
pp	pages	Study pp 37-40.
¶	paragraph	Rewrite ¶ number four.
§	section	Read § 7 again.
?	question	Answer ? 5.

Math Symbols

SYMBOL	MEANING	EXAMPLE
+	plus, in addition, and, also	He rides a bike + he skates.
-	minus	He was - a brain.
=	equal to, is	Women are = to men.
¹	not equal, is not	Diet ice cream is ¹to real!
~	about, approximately	He's ~ 17 yrs old.
ft	foot, feet	He's 6 ft tall.
X	times	5X the diameter of the earth.
>	greater than	6 > 2
<	less than	My salary is < yours.
$	money, cost, price	He left his $ at home.
%	percent	12% of the employees came.
~	approximately, more or less	She made ~ 25 copies.
.·.	therefore	I think .·. I am.
# no. #s nos.	number number numbers numbers	Please answer # 7. Please answer no. 7 Please answer #s. 1-10 Please answer nos. 1-10
ht	height	ht 5'3
wt	weight	wt 150
2	to two too	Time 2 go! 2 people. Me 2.

Initials and Abbreviations

SYMBOL	MEANING	EXAMPLE
w/	with (something)	A war was fought w/ NATO aid.
w/o	without	They fought w/o fear.
w/i	within	There are problems w/i the company.
i.e.	that is	A Siamese, i.e. a cat, is a fun pet.
e.g.	for example	Professionals, e.g. doctors and lawyers, met here.
etc.	et cetera, so forth	Cats, dogs, etc., make good pets.
b/c	because	We pay taxes b/c it's the law.
b/4	before	Chicken b/4 egg?
re:	regarding, about	I need to see you re: the sales figures.
esp.	especially	Tobacco, esp. cigarettes, causes cancer.
min.	minimum	The min. is $400.
max.	maximum	The max. number of people in an elevator is 10.
gov't.	government	The gov't. helped the people.
ASAP	as soon as possible	Finish your exam ASAP.
wrt	write	wrt #3 (write number 3)
rt	right	rt side
yr / yrs	year, years	She's 5 yrs old.
c.	circa, about, around, from the year	This picture is c. 1900
vs	versus, as opposed to	Purple vs green
ch	chapter	Read ch 8.
Q A	question answer	Q: What is that? A: I don't know!
ex	example	Look at ex 4.
wd wds	word words	1 vocabulary wd. 25 vocabulary wds.
ref	reference	ref required.
diff	difference	What is the diff?

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