add

You can either use the plus sign or the "add to" sign.

ADD as in "add to"

PLUS:
(In addition to meaning "plus," this sign is good for keeping the vampires away.)

Note: While I start with the right finger farther out than the left and then bring the right finger back (from "out to in") -- I've noticed that most of my friends start with the right finger between their chest and their left finger and then move their right finger forward until it touches the left finger.

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In a message dated 6/23/2007 5:30:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ndnlittlecrow@ writes:

Now for the sign ADD-TO and PLUS. I'm confused as about when i should use which sign. If someone asked me "What is 23 plus 41?", would that use the ADD-TO sign, or the PLUS sign?
- Roo

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Roo,
It is relatively flexible and you will get different opinions from different "experts." In general if I were talking about basic math I'd use the PLUS sign. If I have 23 people from the bride's family plus 41 from the groom's family, I'll need 64 chairs.
If I were talking about including more of something to an established amount I'd use the "ADD-TO" sign: "In addition to the bride and groom's families we will need chairs for the other guests (and some Tylenol)."
--Dr. Bill