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On this keyboard you can see where all the punctuation marks and symbols are located.\u00a0 Below in the table are the names for these symbols.<\/p>\n
Have you ever wondered what the names are for all those extra symbols on your keyboard?\u00a0 Many of these symbols are punctuation marks of one kind or another, while some are just symbols that are commonly used in writing.\u00a0 Below I’ve made a table that gives you the names of all of these symbols. The first eight symbols in this table are common punctuation marks. Punctuation marks are the symbols that give organization to written language and are therefore very necessary.\u00a0 They also help us figure out intonation* and where to pause when we are reading written language aloud.\u00a0 Following these first eight punctuation marks are different types of brackets, which are also a kind of punctuation mark. The remaining items included in the table are symbols that are not punctuation marks, but symbols that are used enough in everyday writing that they are included on a standard American computer keyboard.\u00a0 Did you know that keyboards are different in different countries? \u00a0American keyboards have what is called the “ANSI” layout.\u00a0 This is what that layout generally looks like:<\/p>\n
| .<\/td>\n | period (US) or<\/em> full stop (UK)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| ,<\/td>\n | comma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | !<\/td>\n | exclamation mark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ?<\/td>\n | question mark<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | :<\/td>\n | colon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ;<\/td>\n | semicolon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \u201c \u201d<\/td>\n | quotation marks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \u2018 \u2019<\/td>\n | single quotes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ( )<\/td>\n | parentheses<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | { }<\/td>\n | curved brackets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | [ ]<\/td>\n | square brackets<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | @<\/td>\n | “at” sign or symbol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | *<\/td>\n | asterisk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ~<\/td>\n | tilde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \/<\/td>\n | slash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | –<\/td>\n | dash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | #<\/td>\n | pound sign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | $<\/td>\n | dollar sign<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | &<\/td>\n | and or<\/em> ampersand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | * producing or uttering tones\/sound accurately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Have you ever wondered what the names are for all those extra symbols on your keyboard?\u00a0 Many of these symbols are punctuation marks of one kind or another, while some are just symbols that are commonly used in writing.\u00a0 Below I’ve made a table that gives you the names of all of these symbols. The…<\/p>\n |
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