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Tamdang
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by Tamdang » Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:35 pm
We usually see the sign @ in email addresses .For example, dangttam @ yahoo.com. What is the sign @ ? And How do we read it ? Thanks

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nevertheless
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by nevertheless » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:39 am
its called "at", you read it just like the preposition. Furthermore, people sometimes use it as a word, for instance: i'm @ home now. But you see it's just like an internet slang
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EnglishFix
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by EnglishFix » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:22 am
It's called "the at symbol" or "the at sign".
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Joe
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by Joe » Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:39 pm
"We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood"
prayer of the Reverend Eli Jenkins in Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas