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X written as )( is the absolute worst. It always looks like two parenthesis when I'm grading student writing and I have no idea how to parse what they write.
by jackpirate 6y ago
X written as )( is the absolute worst. It always looks like two parenthesis when I'm grading student writing and I have no idea how to parse what they write.
- jhanschoo 6y agoIn high school my teacher preferred that to distinguish it from the multiplication symbol. These days I write it as a times with a hook at the top-left to distinguish (a la most cursive styles, but disjointed), with the added bonus that I write uvwxyz all with the same top-left hook that helps visually group them together, matching their typical role in mathematical writing.
- pbhjpbhj 6y agoDo you grade that lack of distinction and teach the student a better orthography? Obviously x is a single symbol that's joined in the middle, so with proper orthography it would seem to be better than using a × as an x? What's your subject?