# Why there is no syntax for subscript and supscript?

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/why-there-is-no-syntax-for-subscript-and-supscript/586>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [September 13, 2014, 9:00am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/why-there-is-no-syntax-for-subscript-and-supscript/586 "2014-09-13T09:00:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![rwzy](https://talk.commonmark.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rwzy](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/rwzy)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 9:53am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/why-there-is-no-syntax-for-subscript-and-supscript/586/5 "2014-09-13T09:53:46Z")

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LaTeX style is for between math delimeters specifically, which is why it is allowed to be shorter. By the way, I proposed [dollar signs for math delimeters](http://talk.commonmark.org/t/mathematics-extension/457/3) in that case.

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