Sentence examples for jot from inspiring English sources

The word "jot" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to mean "to briefly write or make a note of something", as in: I need to jot down the address before I forget where it is.

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jot

noun

An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.

  • He didn't care a jot for his work.

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"He had a school exercise book and he'd jot down some dialogue and copy it out on pieces of paper and hand them to the actors.

There's not a jot of evidence that foxes are any better off as a result of this".

"The Ladies" scandalised society, but they cared not a jot.

He is able to convey a commonsense approach to Christianity, and has a handle on what really counts and what doesn't matter a jot about the church's teaching and its moral leadership.

Most Italians are fed up with the petty politicking that caused this week's fuss, since it helps them not a jot.

The Tories ought to be strong on such things, but their message was being lost in the taxi-chit paper-chase.Fresh from claiming Mr McLetchie's scalp, journalists have so deluged the parliament with inquiries about all 129 MSPs' expenses that George Reid, the presiding officer, has decided every jot and tittle will be published on the parliament's website.

Bonn has not changed America's position one jot.

That there had been a military coup the day before in the world's newest nuclear power, Pakistan, mattered not a jot.

He drives his wife crazy by waking in the night to jot down ideas on a bedside notepad.

But, in truth, if Deep Blue were to beat him it would not really matter one jot.

There is no jot of evidence for this.

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