mark+of+punctuation
51Comma (punctuation) — A comma ( , ) is a punctuation mark. It has the same shape as an apostrophe or single closing quotation mark in many typefaces, but it differs from them in being placed on the baseline of the text. Some typefaces render it as a small line,… …
52Slash (punctuation) — / Slash Punctuation apostrophe ( ’ …
53Solidus (punctuation) — The solidus ( ⁄ ) is a punctuation mark that is not found on standard keyboards. It may also be called a shilling mark or in line fraction bar or a forward slash. Its Unicode encoding is U+2044. The solidus is similar to another punctuation mark …
54quotation mark — noun a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else • Syn: ↑quote, ↑inverted comma • Derivationally related forms: ↑quote (for: ↑quote) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
55Ditto mark — 〃 Ditto mark Punctuation apostrophe ( …
56Irony mark — ؟ redirects here. For the Arabic question mark, see Question mark. The irony mark or irony point (؟) (French: point d’ironie ; also called a snark or zing) is a proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence… …
57question mark — noun a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question • Syn: ↑interrogation point • Hypernyms: ↑punctuation, ↑punctuation mark …
58question mark — has become an overworked embellishment of the expression a question hanging over, which is itself wearyingly overused. Consider: The case... has raised a question mark over the competence of British security (The Times). Would you say of a happy …
59Hanging punctuation — or exdentation is a way of typesetting punctuation marks and bullet points, most commonly quotation marks and hyphens, so that they do not disrupt the ‘flow’ of a body of text or ‘break’ the margin of alignment. It is so called because the… …
60exclamation mark - exclamation point — In British English, the punctuation mark used as the end of an exclamation (!) is called an exclamation mark. In American English, it is called an exclamation point. See entry at ↑ Punctuation …
