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N.B. Usage of preferred characters is optional and sometimes unwarranted. |
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|+Preferred Unicode characters for English punctuation |
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! colspan="2" |Preferred |
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!Usage |
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! colspan="2" |Deprecates |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|‐ |
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|[[wikipedia:Hyphen|Hyphen]] |
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|Joins words and syllables of a word (e.g. co‐operate). |
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| rowspan="4" |- |
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| rowspan="4" |[[wikipedia:Hyphen-minus|Hyphen-minus]] |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|‒ |
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|[[wikipedia:Dash#Figure dash|Figure Dash]] |
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|Used as a dash within numbers (e.g. 555‒1212). |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|– |
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|[[wikipedia:Dash#En dash|En Dash]] |
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|Indicates a range of numbers (e.g. 1989–90). |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|− |
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|[[wikipedia:Plus and minus signs#Minus sign|Minus sign]] |
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|Indicates subtraction. |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|— |
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|[[wikipedia:Dash#Em dash|Em Dash]] |
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|Separate thoughts—like this. |
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|rowspan="2" |-- |
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|rowspan="2" |[[wikipedia:Hyphen-minus|Hyphen-minus]] ×2 |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|― |
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|[[wikipedia:Dash#Horizontal_bar|Horizontal bar]] aka [[wikipedia:Non-English usage of quotation marks#Quotation dash|Quotation dash]] |
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|Introduces quoted text in some cases (non‐standard for English dialect). |
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|- <!-- new row! --> |
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|‘ |
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|[[wikipedia:Quotation mark|Left single quotation mark]] |
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|Indicates start of quoted text. |
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|rowspan="3" |' |
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|rowspan="3" |[[wikipedia:Apostrophe#ASCII encoding|Apostrophe]] |
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|- |
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|’ |
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|[[wikipedia:Quotation mark|Right single quotation mark]]<br />[[wikipedia:Apostrophe|Apostrophe]] |
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|Indicates end of quoted text, or omitted characters. |
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|- |
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|′ |
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|[[wikipedia:Prime (symbol)|Prime]] |
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|Minutes; feet |
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|- |
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|“ |
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|[[wikipedia:Quotation mark|Left double quotation mark]] |
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|Indicates start of quoted text. |
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|rowspan="4" |" |
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|rowspan="4" |[[wikipedia:Quotation mark|Quotation mark]] |
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|- |
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|” |
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|[[wikipedia:Quotation mark|Right double quotation mark]] |
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|Indicates end of quoted text. |
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|- |
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|″ |
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|[[wikipedia:Prime (symbol)|Double prime]] |
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|Seconds; inches |
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|- |
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|〃 |
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|[[wikipedia:Ditto mark|Ditto mark]] |
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|Indicates that the word(s) or figure(s) below which it is placed are to be repeated. |
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|- |
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|… |
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|[[wikipedia:Ellipsis|Horizontal ellipsis]] |
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|Indicates intentional omission in original text…or a pause in speech or thought. |
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|... |
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|[[wikipedia:Full stop|Full stop]] ×3 |
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|- |
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|× |
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|[[wikipedia:Multiplication|Multiplication]] |
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|Indicates a multiplication operation. |
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|x |
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|(the letter ‘[[wikipedia:X|X]]’) when used to indicate multiplication |
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|- |
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|⁄ |
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|[[wikipedia:Slash_(punctuation)#Encoding|Fraction slash]] |
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|Indicates arbitrary fractions of decimal numbers (e.g. 15⁄16). Hardcoded fractions: ¼, ½, ¾, ⅐, ⅑, ⅒, ⅓, ⅔, ⅕, ⅖, ⅗, ⅘, ⅙, ⅚, ⅛, ⅜, ⅝, ⅞, ⅟ and ↉. |
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|/ |
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|[[wikipedia:Slash_(punctuation)|Slash]] |
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|- |
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|∕ |
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|[[wikipedia:Slash_(punctuation)#Encoding|Division slash]] |
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|Indicates a division operation (e.g. 3.14∕2n). |
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|/ |
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|[[wikipedia:Slash_(punctuation)|Slash]] |
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|} |
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