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Main page The ditto mark is a shorthand sign, used mostly in hand-written text, indicating that the words or figures

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Contents above it are to be repeated.[1][2]
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The mark is made using 'a pair of apostrophes';[1] 'a pair of marks " used underneath a word';[3] the symbol "
About Wikipedia (quotation mark);[2][4] or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark).[5]
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In the following example, the second line reads "Blue pens, box of twenty". Ditto mark
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In Unicode U+0027 ' APOSTROPHE (×2)
U+0022 " QUOTATION MARK
Contribute Black pens, box of twenty ... $2.10
U+201D ” RIGHT DOUBLE
Help Blue " " " " ... $2.35
QUOTATION MARK
Learn to edit U+03003 〃 DITTO MARK
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Different from
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Different U+02BA ʺ MODIFIER LETTER
2 Other languages
Tools from DOUBLE PRIME
3 See also U+2033 ″ DOUBLE PRIME
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4 Notes
Related changes
5 References
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Permanent link 6 External links
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Early evidence of ditto marks can be seen on a cuneiform tablet of the Neo-Assyrian period (934–608 BCE)
where two vertical marks are used in a table of synonyms to repeat text.[6]
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Printable version In China the corresponding historical mark was two horizontal lines ⼆ (also the symbol
of "two"), found in bronze script from the Zhou Dynasty, as in the example at right (circa
Languages

‫ا‬
825 BCE). In script form this became 〻 , and is now written as 々 ; see iteration mark.
Deutsch The word ditto comes from the Tuscan language,[7] where it is the past participle of the
Español verb dire (to say), with the meaning of "said", as in the locution "the said story". The first
한국어 recorded use of ditto with this meaning in English occurs in 1625.[7] In English, the
⽇本語 abbreviation "do." has sometimes been used.
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Ditto marks date to cuneiform
tablets.

Bronzeware
script, c. 825 BCE,
An advertisement from 1833. The second item on the showing " ⼦⼆孫⼆
list can be read as "Prime American Pork, in barrels", but 寶⽤ ", where the
the third and fourth are ambiguous as to the origin of the small ⼆ ("two") is
meat. The repetition indicator used is "do." (Perth used as iteration
Gazette) marks in the
phrase " ⼦⼦孫孫寶
⽤ " ("descendants
Other languages [ edit ] to use and to

For Chinese, Japanese and Korean, there is the specific Unicode character U+3003 〃 DITTO MARK in the range CJK Symbols
treasure").

and Punctuation. This facilitates the setting of both marks on a single horizontal line in Asian vertical text.

Other languages may use equivalent symbols, for example in German „ is used.[citation needed] In French, it is called a guillemet itératif, but the actual
symbol used may vary. » is used in Quebec, while in France — is preferred.[8][9] The English symbol also gains ground in popular usage.[citation needed]

See also [ edit ]

Dittography
Ibid.
Iteration mark

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

1. ^ a b Oxford Dictionary. "Ditto mark" . Lexico.com. Oxford Dictionaries. Retrieved 10 May 2021. "A symbol formed from two apostrophes ( ) representing 'ditto'." 〃
2. ^ a b "Ditto mark" . Collins Dictionaries. Retrieved 30 December 2019. "two small marks (") placed under something to indicate that it is to be repeated"
3. ^ "Ditto—Definition for English-Language Learners" . Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary. Merriam Webster. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05.
Retrieved 10 May 2021. "A pair of marks " used underneath a word to save space and show that the word is repeated where the marks are."
4. ^ "Ditto" . Cambridge Dictionaries. Retrieved 30 December 2019. but the Cambridge Dictionary of Business English on the same page uses the CJK ditto mark
〃
5. ^ Angus Stevenson; Maurice Waite, eds. (18 August 2011). The Concise Oxford Dictionary. ISBN 9780199601110.
6. ^ K.4375 and File:Library of Ashurbanipal synonym list tablet.jpg
7. ^ a b Definition at The Free Dictionary
8. ^ "Banque de dépannage linguistique: Guillemets itératifs" [Linguistic help desk: Iterative quotes] (in French). Office québécois de la langue française.
Retrieved 31 May 2022.
9. ^ définition de guillemet itératif et synonymes de guillemet itératif ... Le Parisien. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

External links [ edit ]

The dictionary definition of ditto at Wiktionary

V·T·E Punctuation marks and other typographical marks or symbols [hide]

      space  ·   ,   comma  ·   :   colon  ·   ;   semicolon  ·   ‐   hyphen  ·   ’   '   apostrophe  ·   ′   ″   ‴   prime  ·   .   full stop 

  &   ampersand  ·   @   at sign  ·   ^   caret  ·   /   slash  ·   \   backslash  ·   …   ellipsis  ·   *   asterisk  ·   ⁂   asterism  ·     *  *  *      dinkus 

  -   hyphen-minus  ·   ‒   –   —   dash  ·   =   ⸗   double hyphen 

  ?   question mark  ·   !   exclamation mark  ·   ‽   interrobang  ·   ¡   ¿   inverted ! and ?  ·   ⸮   irony punctuation 

  #   number sign  ·   №   numero sign  ·   º   ª   ordinal indicator  ·   %   percent sign  ·   ‰   per mille  ·   ‱   basis point  ·   °   degree symbol  ·   ⌀   diameter sign 

  +   −   plus and minus signs  ·   ×   multiplication sign  ·   ÷   division sign  ·   ~   tilde  ·   ±    ∓   plus–minus sign 
  _   underscore  ·   ⁀   tie  ·   |   ¦   ‖   vertical bar  ·   •   bullet  ·   ·   interpunct 
©
  ©   copyright symbol  ·       copyleft  ·   ℗   sound recording copyright  ·   ®   registered trademark  ·   SM   service mark symbol  ·   TM   trademark symbol 
  ‘ ’   “ ”   ' '   " "   quotation mark  ·   ‹ ›   « »   guillemet  ·   ( )   [ ]   { }   ⟨ ⟩   bracket  ·   ”    〃   ditto mark 
  †   ‡   dagger  ·   ❧   hedera/floral heart  ·    ☞   manicule  ·   ◊   lozenge  ·   ¶           ๛   pilcrow (paragraph mark)  ·   ※   reference mark  ·   §   section mark 
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