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Plus or Minus - Fatigued Fingers

Posted: Aug 18, 2011

Ever have one of those moments where you just can't remember how to type something correctly even though you've done it hundreds of times before? A simple little thing like "plus or minus". Is is spelled out or written like this: +/- . Sheesh, I'm having a Monday on a Thursday!

We have always spelled it out plus/minus - Olive

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