punctuation-mark
71Hanging 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… …
72Decimal mark — For the proper choice of the decimal mark in English language Wikipedia articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Decimal points. Numeral systems by culture Hindu Arabic numerals Western Arabic (Hindu numerals) Eastern Arabic… …
73Space (punctuation) — In writing, a space ( ) is a blank area that is devoid of content, which separates words, letters, numbers, and punctuation. Conventions for interword and intersentence spaces vary among languages, and in some cases the spacing rules are quite… …
74reference mark — Synonyms and related words: asterisk, bullet, centered dot, dagger, diacritical mark, end stop, fist, index, leaders, obelisk, paragraph, point, prime, punctuation, punctuation marks, reference, section, star, stop, tittle …
75Iteration mark — Iteration marks are characters or punctuation that represent a duplicated character or word.In Japanese, iteration marks ( ja. 踊り字 odoriji dancing mark , ja. 重ね字 kasaneji , ja. 繰り返し記号 kurikaeshikigō , or ja. 反復記号 hanpukukigō , repetition symbols… …
76To mark a point — Point Point, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L. punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See {Pungent}, and cf. {Puncto}, {Puncture}.] 1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing… …
77Sarcasm mark — A sarcasm mark or sarcasm point identifies text as being derogatory or ironic. Although never known traditionally in Ethiopia, a sarcasm mark has been introduced in the Unicode set of Ethiopian characters Ethiopic languages, [cite web… …
78question mark — has become an overworked embellishment of the expression a question hanging over, which is itself weary ingly overused. Consider: The case . . . has raised a question mark over the competence of British security (Times). Would you say of a… …
79Quotation mark, non-English usage — Quotation marks, also called quotes, speech marks or inverted commas, are punctuation marks used in pairs to set off speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation mark and a closing quotation mark, which may or may… …
80question mark — n. 1. a mark of punctuation (?) put after a sentence, word, etc. to indicate a direct question, and also used to express doubt, uncertainty, etc.; interrogation mark ☆ 2. an unknown factor …
