Translingual [ edit ]
Iteration mark [ edit ]
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An iteration mark or "ditto mark" denoting the duplication of the word , words, sentence or paragraph above.
Black pens, box of twenty ..... £2.10 Blue 〃 〃 〃 〃 ..... £2.10
2010 , Peter Haring Judd, Elizabeth Wade White Papers Catalog and Finding Aid, Volume 1 (in English), New York Public Library, →ISBN , page 118 :
Ash Wednesday — T. S. Eliot
Collected Poems — 〃 〃
Usage notes [ edit ]
Commonly used in lists, and frequently used in a chain spanning several items.
In English this is called a ditto mark. In Mandarin it is called 同上符號 / 同上符号 ( tóngshàng fúhào ) . In Japanese it is called ノノ点 ( nonoten ) .
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References [ edit ]
Benjamin Drew (1871 ) “Punctuation”, in Hints and Helps for Those Who Write, Print, or Read , Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard , [ … ] ; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, page 95 : “Two commas (usually turned) are often used instead of do. (ditto .)Carving knives. Book of History. Pocket “ „ „ Chemistry. Case “ „ „ Algebra.
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