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Hello Everyone,

In the E-mail address like EMAIL REMOVED - Send PM to This User Instead, what "-" should be called?

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- = dash or hyphen
_ = underscore
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- it is called under score
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Ohh, It's problem for me too when I try to say @ " ! (facterial) <= * & ^ # and "
Can you help me please masters?
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? and / and | and () and {} too
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See: Punctuation Marks and Punctuation Marks: Little Explorers Picture Dictionary
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Thank you Red5 ;) I got it!
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