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The ditto mark is a shorthand sign, used mostly in hand-written text, indicating that the words or figures above it are to be repeated. [1] [2]The mark is made using "a pair of apostrophes"; [1] "a pair of marks " used underneath a word"; [3] the symbol " (quotation mark); [2] [4] or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark).
In English writing, quotation marks or inverted commas, also known informally as quotes, talking marks, [1] [2] speech marks, [3] quote marks, quotemarks or speechmarks, are punctuation marks placed on either side of a word or phrase in order to identify it as a quotation, direct speech or a literal title or name.
The usage of curved quotation marks (ex. “quote” and ‘quote’) is growing in Portugal, [81] [better source needed] probably due to the omnipresence of the English language and to the corresponding difficulty (or even inability) to enter angular quotation marks on some machines (mobile phones, cash registers, calculators, etc.).
The following table lists many common symbols, together with their name, how they should be read out loud, and the related field of mathematics. Additionally, the subsequent columns contains an informal explanation, a short example, the Unicode location, the name for use in HTML documents, [1] and the LaTeX symbol.
Hungarian (only used „inside a section »as a secondary quote« marked by the usual quotes” like this) Polish (used to indicate a quote inside a quote as defined by dictionaries; more common usage in practice. See also: Polish orthography)
The at sign, @, is an accounting and invoice abbreviation meaning "at a rate of" (e.g. 7 widgets @ £2 per widget = £14), [1] now seen more widely in email addresses and social media platform handles. It is normally read aloud as "at" and is also commonly called the at symbol, commercial at, or address sign.
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BATAK SYMBOL BINDU JUDUL U+1BFE: Po, other Batak ᯿ BATAK SYMBOL BINDU PANGOLAT U+1BFF: Po, other Batak ৽ BENGALI ABBREVIATION SIGN U+09FD: Po, other Bengali ᱁ BHAIKSUKI DANDA U+11C41: Po, other Bhaiksuki ᱂ BHAIKSUKI DOUBLE DANDA U+11C42: Po, other Bhaiksuki ᱃ BHAIKSUKI WORD SEPARATOR U+11C43: Po, other Bhaiksuki ᱄ BHAIKSUKI GAP ...