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(Greek: signal, signals; sign, signs; mark, marks; symbol, symbols)
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ditto mark (s) (noun), ditto marks (pl)
A sign (") indicating a repetition which is usually put under a word, a number, or a passage that is supposed to be repeated: "Since there were so many words that were the same for each answer in the survey, Josh used ditto marks to indicate which ones were the same as the ones shown above."

Marcus filled out answers for numbers 2-4 with ditto marks:

  1. Do you like ice cream? Yes
  2. Do you like chocolate candy? "
  3. Do you like cookies? "
  4. Do you like apple crumble? "
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punctuation mark (s) (noun), punctuation marks (pl)
A printed or written symbol which is neither a letter nor a number: Punctuation marks help make the meanings of compositions more understandable, such as periods, commas, question marks, colons, semicolons, exclamation marks, quotation marks, parentheses, brackets, hyphens, apostrophes, etc.

You can learn more about punctuation marks by clicking on this Index of Punctuation Marks and Punctuation Marks with Symbols, Explanations, and Examples.

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(apostrophes used as punctuation marks)
(brackets that are used as punctuation marks)
(colons as punctuation marks)
(commas as punctuation marks)
(dashes as punctuation marks)
(exclamations as punctuation marks)
(hyphens as punctuation marks)
(Latin punctus "a point" or "a mark"; the standardized non-alphabetical symbols or marks that are used to organize writing into clauses, phrases, and sentences, and in this way to clarify meanings)
(parentheses as punctuation marks)
(periods used as punctuation marks)
(this page includes a presentation of the punctuation marks or symbols that are in general use in English writing)
(symbols at the beginning and end of a word or groups of words)
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Quotation Marks

It's said that quotation marks look much like birds
That flutter before,
Also after, words.
Quotation marks mostly, you'll find, fly in pairs,
But sometimes alone, as
He said, I said, bears,
When something, as here you have probably noted,
Is quoted inside what is being quoted.

Or look at the front ones,
Then at the rear:
Don't they look more like cheerleaders,
Leading a cheer?
Just watch them turn somersaults,
Pleasing the crowd,
And the cheers come up lusty
And gusty
And loud.

What you open with quotes, whatsoever you do,
Have quotes at the end, because you close with them, too.
—Compiled from On Your Marks, A Package of Punctuation
by Richard Armour; McGraw-Hill Book Company; New York; 1969; pages 24-25.
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exclamation mark (s) (noun), exclamation marks (pl)
A symbol, !, indicating excitement, surprise, or shock.
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Punctuation Marks

Lists of punctuation marks that are presented for better understanding and usage.

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Punctuation Marks or Punctuations with Symbols
The Punctuation Marks with Symbols and Explanations.
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question mark (s) (noun), question marks (pl)
This ? is used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
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quotation mark (s) (noun), quotation marks (pl)
This symbol " consists of either of a pair of punctuation marks used to mark the beginning and the end of a passage by another person and repeated word for word, and it also indicates meanings and the unusual or doubtful status of a word.

They appear in the form of double quotation marks (" ") and single quotation marks (' '). The single quotation marks usually indicate a quotation within a normal quotation.

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