@ | [in email addresses] at |
% | percent |
“ | ditto |
& | ampersand |
* | asterisk |
™ | trademark |
© | copyright |
# | hash sign BrE, pound sign AmE |
\ | back slash |
/ | forward slash |
“” | quotation marks, inverted commas |
’ | apostrophe |
x | cross – used to show that an answer is wrong. |
✓ | tick, check mark AmE – used to show that an answer is correct. |
. | [in grammar] full stop BrE, period AmE; [in email addresses] dot |
— | dash |
_ | underscore: john_smith@email.com john underscore smith at email dot com |
( ) | (round) brackets |
! | exclamation mark |
[ ] | square brackets |
: | colon |
; | semicolon |
{ } | curly brackets, braces |
= | equals sign: 2+2=4 Two plus two equals four. |
≠ | does not equal |
× | multiplication sign: 2x3=6 Two times three equals six. |
+ | plus sign: 4+1=5 Four plus one equals five. |
− | minus sign: 8-2=6 Eight minus two equals six. |
÷ | division sign: 4÷2=2 Four divided by two equals two. |
√ | square root sign: √9=3 The square root of nine equals three. |