Punctuation

Hyphen

Joins words and syllables.

This store is dog-friendly.

Minus key

Minus

Shows subtraction in a mathematical expression

4 - 2 = 2

En dash

Can be used instead of the word "to" in date ranges, number ranges, scores, and directions.

In this week's poll, cats defeated dogs 101.

Option keyMinus key

Em dash

Shows a break in the sentence or instead of a comma, semicolon, or colon.

There are two ways to collect your order pick it up in store today, or get it delivered tomorrow.

Shift keyOption keyMinus key

Guillemets

Top-level quotation marks in French and several Cyrillic languages.

«Мой дядя самых честных правил, ... Когда же чёрт возьмет тебя!» — Так думал молодой повеса...

Option keyApostrophe key

~

Shift key

Double quotation marks

Top-level quotation marks in English, second-level quotation marks in French and several Cyrillic languages.

Lorem ipsum... is a sample sentence often used as a placeholder text.

«Я по дороге домой зайду в Пятерочку, тебе взять что-нибудь?» — написал Петя.

Single quotation marks

Second-level quotation marks in English.

“You can use Lorem ipsum... as a placeholder until Dave finishes the copy” — said Anna.

Quotation mark

Simple typewriter quotation marks, used to declare strings in code.

Carol said "Go ahead" when I asked her if the launcher was ready.

Shift keyApostrophe key

Apostrophe

Indicates the omission of letters

Tomatoes aren't vegetables.

Apostrophe key

Ellipsis

Indicates the omission of a word, sentence or a large block of text.

Who would have thought

Option keyColon key

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by George Bougakov