zmVault/uncommon-syntax.md

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Uncommon Syntax

• i.e. --- id est ("that is")

• e.g. --- exempli gratia ("for example")

Symbols

• \therefore

• \vdash --- turnstile, denotes logical consequence

• \vDash or \models --- double turnstile, denotes semantic consequence

  [!quote] Double turnstile - Wikipedia read as "entails", "models", "is a semantic consequence of" or "is stronger than".

Compound Points

[!cite] Compound point - Wikipedia

• ;--- --- Semicolon dash. A more emphatic or longer semicolon.

• .--- --- Stop dash. A full stop that emphasizes the sentence it starts.

• ,--- --- Comma dash. A mark used in various ways: to mark parentheticals that are placed where a comma would otherwise be needed in the principal sentence; to mark an idea repeated in different words; as a more emphatic comma; or for separating several clauses with a common dependence from the clause on which they depend.

• :--- --- Colon dash. A mark that indicates a list, the contents of which start on the next line; or as a more emphatic colon.

These are archaic constructions, generally regarded as redundant.

Thoreau uses them extensively in thoreau_1854_walden.