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  2. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Feminine ordinal indicator, Degree sign: −: Minus sign: Hyphen-minus, Commercial minus: ×: Multiplication sign: X mark # Number sign: Numero sign. Also known as "octothorpe", "hash" and "hashtag sign" Pound sign № Numero sign: Number sign: Obelus: Division sign, Dagger, Commercial minus, Index ( ) Parenthesis: Bracket, Angle bracket ...

  3. List of proofreader's marks - Wikipedia

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    word choice/wrong word: Incorrect or awkward word choice hr # Insert hair space: s/b: should be: Selection should be whatever edit follows this mark s/r: substitute/replace: Make the substitution tr: transpose: Transpose the two words selected vf: verb form (Mostly used when translating) The version of the verb is used incorrectly e: ending

  4. Template:Punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Sidebar, no parameters Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status No parameters specified See also {{ Infobox punctuation mark }} {{ Navbox punctuation }} The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Punctuation marks/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages. Add categories to the ...

  5. Apostrophe - Wikipedia

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    To make typographic apostrophes easier to enter, word processing and publishing software often convert typewriter apostrophes to typographic apostrophes during text entry (at the same time converting opening and closing single and double quotes to their standard left-handed or right-handed forms). A similar facility may be offered on web ...

  6. English punctuation - Wikipedia

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    Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. [1] English punctuation has two complementary aspects: phonological punctuation, linked to how the sentence can be read aloud, particularly to pausing; [2] and grammatical punctuation, linked to the structure of the sentence. [3]

  7. Template:Punctuation marks in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    AEGEAN WORD SEPARATOR LINE U+10100: Po, other Common ā AEGEAN WORD SEPARATOR DOT U+10101: Po, other Common Ă AEGEAN CHECK MARK U+10102: Po, other Common 濢 OLD CHINESE HOOK MARK U+16FE2: Po, other Common ADLAM INITIAL EXCLAMATION MARK U+1E95E: Po, other Adlam ADLAM INITIAL QUESTION MARK U+1E95F: Po, other Adlam ՚ ARMENIAN APOSTROPHE U+055A ...

  8. Punctuation - Wikipedia

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    Punctuation marks are marks indicating how a piece of written text should be read (silently or aloud) and, consequently, understood. [1] The oldest known examples of punctuation marks were found in the Mesha Stele from the 9th century BC, consisting of points between the words and horizontal strokes between sections.

  9. List of symbols - Wikipedia

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    Traffic signs, including warning signs contain many specialized symbols (see article for list) DOT pictograms; ISO 7001; Exit sign, a.k.a. "running man" [1] Gender symbols for public toilets; Map symbol. Japanese map symbols; International Breastfeeding Symbol; International Symbol of Access; Barber's pole