Symbols

@  [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.