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|Œ [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%92 E-dans-l’o] |
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Revision as of 04:09, 2 February 2021
N.B. Usage of preferred characters is optional and sometimes unwarranted.
Preferred | Usage | Deprecates | ||
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‐ | Hyphen | Joins words and syllables of a word (e.g. co‐operate). | - | Hyphen-minus |
‒ | Figure Dash | Used as a dash within numbers (e.g. 555‒1212). | ||
– | En Dash | Indicates a range of numbers (e.g. 1989–90). | ||
− | Minus sign | Indicates subtraction. | ||
— | Em Dash | Separate thoughts—like this. | -- | Hyphen-minus ×2 |
― | Horizontal bar aka Quotation dash | Introduces quoted text in some cases (non‐standard for English dialect). | ||
‘ | Left single quotation mark | Indicates start of quoted text. | ' | Apostrophe |
’ | Right single quotation mark Apostrophe |
Indicates end of quoted text, or omitted characters. | ||
′ | Prime | Minutes; feet | ||
“ | Left double quotation mark | Indicates start of quoted text. | " | Quotation mark |
” | Right double quotation mark | Indicates end of quoted text. | ||
″ | Double prime | Seconds; inches | ||
〃 | Ditto mark | Indicates that the word(s) or figure(s) below which it is placed are to be repeated. | ||
… | Horizontal ellipsis | Indicates intentional omission in original text…or a pause in speech or thought. | ... | Full stop ×3 |
× | Multiplication | Indicates a multiplication operation. | x | (the letter ‘X’) when used to indicate multiplication |
⁄ | Fraction slash | 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. | / | Slash |
∕ | Division slash | Indicates a division operation (e.g. 3.14∕2n). | / | Slash |
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Œ E-dans-l’o | Œ, œ | OE, oe | |||
É E accent aigu | É, é | ||||
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