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PUNCTUATION MARKS, ACCENTS, ETC.
| , | Comma | ¨ | Dieresis |
| ; | Semicolon | ç | Cedilla |
| : | Colon | Caret | |
| . | Period | “ ” | Quotation-marks |
| ? | Interrogation | { } | Brace |
| ! | Exclamation | * * * | Ellipsis |
| ( ) | Parentheses | … | Ellipsis, leaders |
| [ ] | Brackets | * | Asterisk |
| ’ | Apostrophe | † | Dagger |
| - | Hyphen | ‡ | Double dagger |
| ´ | Acute accent | § | Section |
| ` | Grave accent | ‖ | Parallels |
| ^ | Circumflex accent | ¶ | Paragraph |
| ~ | Circumflex or tilde | Index | |
| Long or macron | * * * | Asterisks | |
| Short or breve |
The Section-mark is derived from the first letters of the words signum sectionis, meaning sign of the section, the old-fashioned ∫ being used. The paragraph mark ¶ is the roman letter P reversed, with black and white interchanged.
