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How can I use grave accents or backticks (`) in a question?

What does the Alt key have to do with your requiring two backticks ` [not tildes, btw, they're ~ ] Stack Exchange uses markdown for formatting, which means two backticks surround a code block like this … This is entered as `a code block like this` If you want to enter any markdown & not show as such, then you can escape formatting marks using backslash \ So if you want `two backticks without formatting …
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