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I am going to place the backslash between parts of what I see on my screen?

because if I just cut and paste you will see it properly, whereas I see it like this:

&#/x27/;m/ite/&/#/x27;

So why do some parts of people's questions and answers show up on my computer looking like that?

Here is the cutnpaste version so you know what it is

'mite'

Even on my screen, the cutnpaste looks like it does with my / marks in it.

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  • 7 years ago
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    On some mobile devices, special characters are read but misprinted. Those symbols are the html code for the character. It is probably a matter of some mobile fonts not being read correctly.

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