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What is or and used for?
And/or (sometimes written and or) is a grammatical conjunction used to indicate that one or more or all of the cases it connects may occur. It is used as an inclusive or (as in logic and mathematics), while saying “or” in spoken language, or writing “or”, might be inclusive or exclusive.
What is and and/or called?
Coordinating conjunctions, also called coordinators, are conjunctions that join, or coordinate, two or more items (such as words, main clauses, or sentences) of equal syntactic importance. In English, the mnemonic acronym FANBOYS can be used to remember the coordinators for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
What does the suffix or?
noun suffix (1) Definition of -or (Entry 7 of 8) : one that does a (specified) thing grantor.
What is the meaning of &?
The ampersand, used with the meaning ‘and’.
What’s the difference between to and for?
Use “to” when the reason or purpose is a verb. Use “for” when the reason or purpose is a noun.
Is there a word for and or?
Of course, in math and formal logic, you can and must use “or” for “and/or.” But the question remains of how to do it in normal speech. I think the word “also” (with or without “could”) adumbrates much of the same semantic ground as “and/or.” Not that the expressions are interchangeable, of course.
Is there a symbol for and or?
“And/or” is just called “or” and is represented as ∨ , from the Latin vel meaning or. But note that it’s a separate symbol from the letter “v”, though similar. In contrast, “or” in the sense of “this one or that one but never both” is called “exclusive or” or “xor” and can be symbolized as ⊻ or ⊕ .
What do the suffixes ER and OR mean?
The suffixes “-er,” “-or,” and “-ar” are all used to create nouns of agency (indicating “a person or thing that performs an action”) from verbs.
Why does & mean and?
The term ampersand is a corruption of and (&) per se and, which literally means “(the character) & by itself (is the word) and.” The symbol & is derived from the ligature of ET or et, which is the Latin word for “and.”
How do we use since and for?
Remember, for is used with a period of time. Since is used to refer to a specific point in time. You can use for and since with similar verb tenses, if you wish.