Punctuation symbols
. full stop, period (AmE) – at the end of sentences
dot – websites, email addresses
(decimal) point e.g. 7.5 = seven point five
: colon
; semi-colon
, comma
’ apostrophe (and ` back apostrophe)
? question mark
! exclamation mark
“” (single or double) inverted commas, quotation marks, quotes
- hyphen e.g. a well-written essay
– dash e.g. Can you help me – if you’re not too busy?
_ underscore
/ (forward) slash
\ back slash
{ } (left/right or open/close) curly brackets, braces (AmE)
[ ] square brackets, brackets (AmE)
( ) (round) brackets, parentheses (AmE, usually in programming)
< > angle brackets, chevrons (inequality signs: less than/grater than – in maths)
| pipe
* asterisk
# hash key, sharp
$ dollar sign
& ampersand
^ caret
@ at sign
~ tilde
2010 Mgr. Kateřina Nečasová, MA