User:ULuGaBi/Punctuation Guide
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N.B. Usage of preferred characters is optional and sometimes unwarranted.
| Preferred | Usage | Deprecates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ‐ | 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 |
