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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 " and @ keys are swapped. The € symbol is assigned to ⌥ Option+ @ 2, rather than ⌥ Option+ $ 4. The # symbol is assigned to ⌥ Option+ £ 3, rather than a dedicated key. The ¬ and ¦ dedicated key is absent. The ± and § dedicated key is present. The ` and ~, and the \ and | keys are moved.
Guillemets in fonts Helvetica Neue, Arial, Times New Roman, Calibri, Cambria, DejaVu Serif and Courier New with their italics counterparts Angle brackets, less-than/greater-than signs and single guillemets in fonts Cambria, DejaVu Serif, Andron Mega Corpus, Andika and Everson Mono
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.
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).
A quotation or quote is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. [1] In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying.
SIDDHAM REPETITION MARK-2 U+115C7: Po, other Siddham ᗈ SIDDHAM REPETITION MARK-3 U+115C8: Po, other Siddham ᗉ SIDDHAM END OF TEXT MARK U+115C9: Po, other Siddham ᗊ SIDDHAM SECTION MARK WITH TRIDENT AND U-SHAPED ORNAMENTS U+115CA: Po, other Siddham ᗋ SIDDHAM SECTION MARK WITH TRIDENT AND DOTTED CRESCENTS U+115CB: Po, other Siddham ᗌ