punctuation marks

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Ju

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For punctuation marks, I know the name of:
eg commas, semicolons, colons, full stop............

A. What are the names of signs:
Can I try some?
  1. *
  2. /
  3. - -
  4. ___ (underscored)
  5. = (equal sign)
  6. %
  7. ! (exclaimation mark)
  8. #
  9. ^
  10. ( (open bracket)
  11. ) (close bracket)
  12. - (minor)
  13. + (plus)
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B. For a sentence:

eg Bo/May will take the duty.
(does it mean Bo and May or Bo or May?)
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C. I know there is another name full stop, what is it?
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Ju

 
B. For a sentence:

eg Bo/May will take the duty.
(does it mean Bo and May or Bo or May?)
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C. I know there is another name full stop, what is it?
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Ju

Ju, I know this is not the first time you've been asked to NOT post unrelated questions in the same post.

While C applies to your first question, B has nothing to do with it. Please start a new thread and ask the question you asked in B.

As for C, in the US, it's called a period.
 
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B. For a sentence:

eg Bo/May will take the duty.
(does it mean Bo and May or Bo or May?)
not a teacher

Bo or May.
"The slash is also sometimes used to denote (often mutually exclusive) alternatives, such as in male/female."
Slash (punctuation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For "Bo and May" you would have used an ampersand (&); as in Mr. & Mrs Smith.
 
Ju, I know this is not the first time you've been asked to NOT post unrelated questions in the same post.

While C applies to your first question, B has nothing to do with it. Please start a new thread and ask the question you asked in B.

As for C, in the US, it's called a period.

Thank you.........Ju
 
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