What does this mean?? This is a quiz question........ "We define the universal selector with a(n) ______________"

Thanks Daniel. Typing the word Asterisk in worked. I just think its really stupid the way the question is written. Answering with * would've made more sense to me personally.

haunguyen: I am native english and whether it was written with an a or an an either way wouldv'e been much easier to understand other than writing the question using a(n) !

Thank you

Should just use multiple choice for all questions.

The (*) symbol. Thanks for the question.

• is the answer

Re: Are you a native English speaker? The question was written poorly.

When a beginner has been taught nth() and seen brackets in code before, it's highly likely they will not automatically assume it is mean't to be a or an.

This is a rule in code, write your code in a way that it can be comprehended quickly. Whether the developer is beginner or not, this is a common convention that should have been applied to this.

We define the universal selector with a / an ______________

Would have made much more sense and it would've saved him a lot of time had they just omitted the 'a' and just used 'an' instead.

He also answered it correctly, so this questioned was bugged in the first place.

This is a common occurrence on sites like this. I thought treehouse would be the exception, they need to improve or simply what's the point in bothering to learn.

Where is the answer? I tried to fill the blank in a lot and am lost. No idea what the answer is. This whole question should get restarted without the flame war.

What defines a universal selector???????????????

I feel that in the question there should be no (n). As to me the (n) is very confusing. This would be easier to understand.....

We define the universal selector with a ____________

"asterisk", I'm not an english native speaker so it has taken me 10 minutes to understand this post and answer the question .... :-(

This forum remind me about Youtube Comment Section.

Unless you're a developer employee of Treehouse or experienced in teaching this subject, you shouldn't be answering questions,

The (*) symbol. Thanks for the question.

• That is not helping anyone here and clearly did not answer the question.

Good bye.

Thanks for that, knew it was an * but didn't understand why it has to be answered with brackets around the * let alone why there is an n with brackets around it i.e (n) When I answered the question first time i just put * and it came up wrong

Just tried answering the question with (*) but still didn't work. pretty sure there must be a bug?

Hey Mark,

I see what you're saying about the "n". Try this: Spell out "asterisk". That's why the "n" is placed in parentheses, it's purely grammatical.