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Name That Punctuation Quiz

We give you the punctuation mark, you tell us what it is called.
More generally, these are typographical symbols - not necessarily "punctuation"
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First submittedApril 13, 2010
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Name
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Comma
.
Period
'
Apostrophe
!
Exclamation Point
?
Question Mark
:
Colon
;
Semicolon
&
Ampersand
Mark
Name
/
Slash
\
Backslash
-
Hyphen
^
Caret
†
Dagger
~
Tilde
‽
Interrobang
"
Quotation Mark
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Name
...
Ellipsis
«
Guillemet
{
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@
At Sign
•
Bullet
Pilcrow
©
Copyright
£
Pound
Remster
+18
Level 75
May 8, 2013
I tried 'circumflex' for 'caret'. I'm not sure if there's a difference.
Ithabise
+1
Level 28
May 15, 2013
Me too.
towandakitty
+1
Level 17
Jul 16, 2013
In French, that's the 'accent circonflex' (I think that's how you spell it - maybe the way Remster did) anyway, this is different I think...
wiifly
+3
Level 59
Nov 30, 2020
Yeah, a caret is also using in mathematics to indicate the next number is an exponent for the previous number(s), whereas a circumflex is used for French and other languages, commonly where an S used to be in a word i.e. hôpital
Vivelageo
+1
Level 32
Apr 13, 2022
Accent circonflexe* in French :)
PacoGee
+1
Level 44
Jan 22, 2015
dunno what that is but my dad is an editor and he called those carets lol
Bubblecat
+6
Level 70
May 12, 2015
I've always known it as a circumflex too :\
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
Jul 8, 2015
Circumflex will work now
kalbahamut
+8
Level 83
May 12, 2013
I teach English and I don't think I've heard of the bottom three.
Remster
+5
Level 75
May 15, 2013
What are you counting as the bottom three?
kalbahamut
+10
Level 83
Jan 1, 2014
The three least-guessed answers: interrobang, dagger, and guillemet. I've also studied Spanish and don't recall ever seeing a guillemet before. Daggers I have seen used as markers for footnotes similar to asterisks or superscript numbers, just didn't know what they were called. Interrobang I had never heard of nor seen before.
PacoGee
+3
Level 44
Jan 22, 2015
interrobang made me laugh when i missed it and read the name in red lol
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Jan 16, 2016
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
lucd13
+2
Level 69
Mar 8, 2016
I actually use the interrobang all the time in SMSs and emails - though, I've had to create shortcuts for them, because they're not ordinary punctuation.

Dagger I just knew, don't know why. But, guillemet I only knew because I speak French. No idea they were used in English also.

Cooly158
+3
Level 57
Jun 7, 2016
I happened to come across an interrobang before while wandering Wikipedia. I've seen a guillemet in Spanish, but I didn't know what it was called.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
Dagger is nearly as common as bullet, (no pun intented hah, only just notice it..) or asterisks, both the interpunction itself as the word for it. But I have never heard of the word guillemets either though I know the interpunction itself. And never seen or heard of interrobang either.

And I had never heard of ellipsis. I have no idea what the term in my own language is either (I tried dotdotdog gahah)

ctleng76
+8
Level 65
Dec 11, 2020
The interrobang looks like something you see when your printer is acting up.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Nov 22, 2021
Guillemet I think is used for quotes in Spanish.
Almchendolf
+1
Level 54
Mar 6, 2022
guillemet is quotation in greek too
wiifly
+2
Level 59
Mar 19, 2022
As well as French and many other European languages too

I'm not sure about outside of Europe tho

Vivelageo
+2
Level 32
Apr 13, 2022
The guillemet is the quote mark we use in French, I just typed « guillemet » and it worked
Mogysht
+7
Level 50
Apr 24, 2014
"Guillemet" is the French quotation mark. :)
evilwombat
+3
Level 47
Jul 23, 2014
Russian uses these as well.
tom88
+5
Level 71
Feb 23, 2016
I feel like the interobang is a really useful one. I'm a little disappointed that it isn't used more widely. There are so many situations where I use "!?" why not just put them together?
Ampersandwich
+1
Level 42
Aug 10, 2023
You've never heard of bullet points @kalbahamut
martay
+1
Level 70
Aug 18, 2023
Here's an interesting punctuation map of how various languages/countries of Europe use quotations. There are little variations --- like spacing. Knowing them can be handy shortcut to identify where someone's from.
What
+2
Level 27
May 15, 2013
Uhm I feel as dumb as in school ;) But nice new words for me like ampersand and dagger
dcmitchell
+5
Level 47
May 20, 2013
Another term for dagger is 'obelus'. Came to mind first for some reason.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2018
Obelus will work now.
JonOfKent
+4
Level 55
Nov 25, 2020
Yes I'd never heard of "dagger" either. Asterisk and Obelisk on the other hand...
Synchronicity
+6
Level 50
Jun 27, 2013
You may want to consider allowing interpunct for bullet. I know they're distinct symbols, but the only real difference between them is size, and it's kind of hard to tell which one it is without context.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Oct 25, 2017
I second that motion
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2018
Interpunct will work now
FastBBBB
+4
Level 17
Dec 8, 2013
Why is hyphen not included?
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2018
Added hyphen
Djilas
+3
Level 82
Jan 6, 2018
Why is dash not included? ;)
KidTheCat
+1
Level 31
Feb 9, 2014
On Wikipedia, the guillernet (<<) is shown as a "non-English quotation". Perhaps you could accept this answer as well?
DeusCaritasEst
+4
Level 55
Oct 14, 2015
Ooh! Ooh! Yes! I knew what it was.....just not what it was officially called.
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2018
French quotation will work now
morgoth7
+2
Level 80
Jan 17, 2018
Also used in German, though not exclusively, and I believe they're reversed.
Kalleanon
+5
Level 66
Mar 12, 2020
I've seen them in German but they're rare, by far the most common „German way“ is that one.
PremiersCBB
+5
Level 14
Mar 11, 2014
maybe add 'dot point' for bullet point.

generally known as that in australia

lucd13
+4
Level 69
Jan 17, 2018
As an Australian, I am ashamed by this comment. I've lived here most of my life (some 35 years or so) and I have never heard such idiocy.
Malbaby
+7
Level 71
Dec 12, 2020
If that is the most idiotic thing you have ever heard ..... you've got to get out more!
Zupity
+3
Level 66
Aug 18, 2023
They are called dot points more often than bullets, although dot point can also refer to the information that follows a bullet. Both are commonly understood. No idiocy involved.
GeneralWaffle64
+3
Level 45
Apr 2, 2014
You should add Hyphen, Dash, Underscore, Bracket, Parenthesis, Forward Slash, Asterisk, Number/Pound Sign, and whatever the | is.
mikeb
+6
Level 66
Oct 13, 2015
So every quiz should include every possible answer which fits the category !? (My keyboard does not have an interrobang.)
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Oct 14, 2015
But really, what is the | called? The.....line? the board? The.....up and downer thingy? I think that's probably it.
OceanSunfish
+4
Level 67
Nov 17, 2019
The | is called a vertical bar, pretty straightforward.
Qikiq
+7
Level 85
Dec 11, 2020
In programming, it's called a pipe.
Berticeman
+1
Level 30
Mar 6, 2021
When it’s parentheses they should also add brackets as a type in because that’s what the call it here
CripplingVelocity
+1
Level 58
Apr 4, 2014
I only missed ellipsis. I am a bit mad at myself.
Coyuznik
+40
Level 82
Apr 6, 2014
"Interrobang"? I swear, that sounds like the title of cop-based porno.
DiscoBayGolfer
+3
Level 79
Apr 19, 2014
YAY
Seals
+1
Level 53
Jun 4, 2014
lol
DeusCaritasEst
+6
Level 55
Oct 14, 2015
I read your username as "Squeals" and it just made this comment thread too real for a second.
PacoGee
+2
Level 44
Jan 22, 2015
least I wasn't the only person that had weird thoughts on that one lol
ColoHarpare
+4
Level 51
Apr 29, 2014
I didn't know the word "guillemet", though I have certainly seen them in foreign-language novels, used a bit like we use quotation marks. Speech is often indicated by a new line of text, preceded by the guillemet.
Arp2600
+4
Level 85
May 24, 2014
Guillemets are simply french quotation marks. That's all.
Goomaster7
+6
Level 67
May 30, 2014
Stoked to recognise interrobang: best punctuation mark
Roger77024
+4
Level 57
Oct 13, 2015
If it ain't on the keyboard, it don't exist.
cyninoregon
+1
Level 36
Feb 3, 2021
I just learned that pressing the windows key and tapping the period calls up a box of symbols and other things like emojis! Who knew? But I'm no longer limited to my keyboard!
ashgreen2080
+1
Level 37
Jun 10, 2014
You should take interpunct for bullet since out of context they are indistinguishable.
evilwombat
+1
Level 47
Jul 23, 2014
What about 'dash' and 'hyphen' and 'asterisk' ?
mikeb
+2
Level 66
Oct 13, 2015
Refer to my earlier comment, please.
APHill
+2
Level 75
Nov 5, 2014
Everyone should use interrobangs.
YamatoFans
+6
Level 68
Feb 6, 2015
I've heard guillemet called chevron. Can that be accepted?
BritTigger
+3
Level 76
Apr 4, 2015
Seconded. I have regularly heard it called a chevron
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
I tried chevron aswell
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
Though I think technically for guillemets it (perhaps) should be double chevron
aolsuxthebigone
+1
Level 56
Apr 21, 2023
yes. it's a left double chevron
Zefyrinus
+3
Level 70
Mar 26, 2015
Please accept curly bracket for brace, because that's what it's called in unicode.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Jan 5, 2018
Okay
zuni
+2
Level 32
Apr 21, 2015
Guillemet is in French mainly for mainly quotation
Pimbard6
+2
Level 68
May 15, 2015
No umlaut (double dots over a, o, or u in German)? :)
cas635
+1
Level 75
May 24, 2015
Bullets are called dot points in Australia.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jul 8, 2015
Dot point will work now.
akwildrose
+11
Level 52
Jul 1, 2015
I object to "squiggly" and "dotdotdot" not being accepted. ;)
mikemosz
+1
Level 75
Oct 13, 2015
I got it after a moment, but there's also something called the 'interpunct' that looks very similar to a bullet, and is more of a punctuation mark than a bullet is.
dasubergeek
+1
Level 72
Oct 13, 2015
It's used in Catalan to distinguish between ll (which sounds like "LY" as in million) and l·l (which sounds like double "L"). The word for collection, col·leció, has an interpunct.

Also, only in the United States and possibly Canada is { a brace. In the UK and Australia it's called a curly bracket.

MacZidane
+2
Level 65
Oct 13, 2015
13% of people who use the internet - as they are on here - do not know what the '@' sign is. Frightening.
Arp2600
+8
Level 85
Oct 13, 2015
"At sign" is such a flat name that it is easy to miss. By comparison, in French, we call it "arobase".
DeusCaritasEst
+2
Level 55
Oct 14, 2015
Yes--I put "at" because that's all I know it as, but I'm sure people saw things like the ampersand (which many people only know as the "and sign"), and then assumed @ had a much more complicated name than "at sign." Like, I'm still kinda convinced it probably does.
DavidCheater
+1
Level 35
Jan 20, 2018
I'm the same, I thought "What's the official name for the at sign?"
karingagarin
+1
Level 55
May 5, 2020
In Swedish, it’s ”snabela” - literally meaning trunk-a :D
Maladroit
+4
Level 52
Apr 27, 2017
I propose allowing other country's names for the @ sign...mostly because I want 'monkey's tail' to be an acceptable answer.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
Also, puppy, snail, elephant's trunk, cat's tail, strudel, duckling, worm, and cinnamon roll.

It is monkey (tail) in sooo many languages though, much more than I had realised. (Not surprised at the germanic ones, but slavic ones, even kyrgyz)

cyninoregon
+1
Level 36
Feb 3, 2021
Two percent didn't know how to breathe air. I was shocked reading the stats too.
Geomaster123
+1
Level 41
Oct 13, 2015
Aha look at you second person who talked. By the third person who talked you just got ambiguity-fyed by him. Talk about Ambiguty, you stink at propaganda if u play.
daffad
+1
Level 19
Oct 13, 2015
I looked on Yahoo XD
ColoHarpare
+1
Level 51
Oct 17, 2015
The interrobang doesn't show on my computer. I only saw a box, and had no idea what to call it!
StephenSucks
+5
Level 23
Nov 20, 2015
I own Oxford English dictionaries and personally feel that this quiz is utter trods wollop....
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Jan 16, 2016
Did you find 'Trods Wollop' in your dictionaries?
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Jan 16, 2016
I had never heard of a Guillemet before, but I do know a Guillemot when I see one.
kasiabasia
+4
Level 55
Feb 5, 2016
Shouldn't "chevron" also work for guillemet? That's how I've always called them
ohioh77
+1
Level 9
Jun 26, 2016
Never heard of the bottom 3
azzyclark
+1
Level 68
Sep 16, 2016
dont even have a hyphen in this quiz
Malbaby
+2
Level 71
Feb 18, 2017
In Microsoft Word the Pilcrow is shown as 'Paragraph'. I tried 'Corporal' for Interrobang.
ander217
+8
Level 75
Feb 18, 2017
Paragraph was accepted when I tried it.
YantheMan
+1
Level 65
Mar 6, 2017
What is the dagger for, exactly?
Djilas
+3
Level 82
Jan 6, 2018
A dagger, obelisk or obelus ( † ) is a typographical symbol usually used to indicate a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. (Wikipedia )
xXSeanCuber22Xx
+1
Level 61
May 15, 2017
What is a pilcrow, interrobang, dagger, and guillermet used in? Does somebody know?
benzeller
+3
Level 63
Jan 17, 2018
Pilcrows are used to show where new paragraphs start, interrobang is basically the same as when you use ?! (to show disbelief or shock), dagger is used in disclaimers, headers, footnotes, etc., and guillemets are used as quotation marks in other languages, mainly French.
TheNewYork
+1
Level 35
Jun 3, 2017
Isn't that the Euro not the Pound?
DasCreamy109
+6
Level 47
Jun 17, 2017
It is the pound. This is Euro: €
ander217
+5
Level 75
Jan 17, 2018
Someone should do a quiz on currency symbols. It would be hard but a good learning experience.
SerenaG519
+1
Level 44
Jun 6, 2017
too upset to miss backslash of all things... I always just called it "slash" :(
BlackLab
+2
Level 65
Jan 17, 2018
I have always heard that one is a forward slash and the other is a back slash.
roadrage
+1
Level 68
May 6, 2020
I typed backward slash
stargaze
+1
Level 21
Aug 20, 2017
I forgot bullet... I've used the caret before, but I had no idea what it was called. Come to think of it, I've used all of these before (except the dagger... and interrobang because it's not on my keyboard and my friends would just think I'm pretentious lol)
CPAmt
+1
Level 62
Oct 25, 2017
When you think you know a lot, you keep learning new things taking these quizzes! ~^{}[]:"/>
Pinoccio
+2
Level 29
Nov 14, 2017
If you find this quiz easy, try the harder version here
Wickedangel
+1
Level 23
Nov 17, 2017
I kept saying dash instead of backslash
Timbenz
+1
Level 25
Nov 24, 2017
I kept saying multiplication symbol, times symbol, didn’t know it was bullet.
Timbenz
+2
Level 25
Nov 24, 2017
You should accept open curly bracket for brace.
lawnmower
+1
Level 15
Nov 24, 2017
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS A INTERROBANG!?
brandybuck96
+2
Level 82
Jan 5, 2018
It's a cross between the two punctuation marks that you just used.
ander217
+1
Level 75
Jan 17, 2018
Nice one, Lawnmower.
stubart409
+1
Level 66
Nov 24, 2017
I tried cout() for gullernet but it didn't work. As for bullet, they are not necessarily round. I don't see how that can qualify. It merely depends on the limitations of the software and in html you can format bulleted lists to be graphics, so they can be anything you want really.
partdavid
+1
Level 70
Aug 21, 2023
Here are four ways that was wrong:

You're too influenced by programming, whereas these are textual punctuation marks (note that "!" isn't also called bang here, "." isn't dot, "~" isn't worm, "*" would probably be asterisk and not star, etc.).

A guillemet («), which you might also know as angle quotes, isn't the same as the C++ insertion operator (<<).

This quiz is about and the name of the marks, not their meaning ("¶" isn't "new paragraph", for example). So even if the semantics of the insertion operator were synonymous with cout(), it wouldn't be the correct answer.

cout() also isn't the meaning of the insertion operator; the operator can be applied to other streams or objects. I don't know enough about C++ to know if cout() can be invoked directly, like that, without an operator or method, but either way a bunch of other classes implement <<

WhatIsLove
+2
Level 59
Nov 24, 2017
Only got 36%... but at least I got guillemet so I have that going for me, which is nice.
Xenops
+1
Level 69
Dec 4, 2017
I couldn't spell Ampersand.
fuanacdc
+1
Level 84
Jan 9, 2018
I don't know if it is colloquial or not but I would refer to the guillemet as angle quotes.
kews
+1
Level 56
Jan 17, 2018
QM, can you add about or approximate for ~? Technically it's only a tilde if it's over a letter (I think?), which that symbol doesn't do when you type it out. Even if it is still a tilde, it's also used to say that a number you've put is approximate, not definite.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Aug 20, 2023
I don't think that's correct. The name isn't always the same as the usage.
Fryzie
+1
Level 48
Jan 17, 2018
I was that 1% who didn't get comma :/
berlinbride
+1
Level 70
Jan 17, 2018
The slash is also called a virgule. Will you accept that going forward?
frostaki
+1
Level 90
Jan 17, 2018
'virgule' is French for comma.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jan 17, 2018
Man they have big commas!
jm
+1
Level 83
Nov 25, 2018
I learned this in school - I learned it as the / in an and/or situation. I'm probably the only one but I put virgule first before I put slash :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_(punctuation)
fitheach
+1
Level 59
Jan 17, 2018
The slash is also known as an oblique.
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Jan 17, 2018
Or a division sign
frostaki
+3
Level 90
Jan 17, 2018
Although 'slash' is commonly used in the UK these days (mainly in the giving out of email addresses) I continue to prefer to use oblique, as 'slash' is UK English slang for urinate (as in "I need a slash"). I believe 'Solidus' is a more formal term that can also be employed.

Those of us who can remember dictation as an activity in French classes might remember "Ouvrez les guillemets" as an instruction the teacher gives when asking students to open speech marks.

Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 17, 2018
Oblique will work now
Remster
+1
Level 75
Jan 19, 2018
I (a Brit) am familiar with 'solidus' too.
Trix
+2
Level 48
Jan 17, 2018
Could you please allow Asperand for 'at sign', as I think that is the correct name.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jan 17, 2018
I had to look that up and you're correct, it is "one of the many names for the figure @". My new trivia fact for the day. Thank you, Trix.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 17, 2018

It's not really standard usage. But if we are going to coin a new word for it, I prefer strudel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_sign

"The fact that there is no single word in English for the symbol has prompted some writers to use the French arobase[3] or Spanish and Portuguese arroba, or to coin new words such as asperand,[4] ampersat[5] and strudel,[6] but none of these has achieved wide usage."

Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Dec 12, 2020
The term ampersand is a corruption of 'and (&) per se and'.
creslinwest
+1
Level 69
Jan 17, 2018
I kind of feel like I shouldn't have gotten a couple because I know that a bracket and a brace are different but I still typed bracket. Also I misspelled ellipsis.
dartmoorphysics
+1
Level 28
Jan 17, 2018
The Hyphen could also be an "em dash" or possibly an "en dash"? One is longer than the other and I can't remember which. I'm sure someone in internet-land will put me right!

Good quiz, I like it when I learn stuff as well as showing off what I know!

GrammarBeane1
+1
Level 80
Mar 2, 2022
the em dash is longer! I remember because you can think of the dash being the length of that letter, so an en dash is as long as "n" and em dash is as long as "m" :-)
fabulousbat86
+1
Level 21
Jan 18, 2018
FINALLY! 100%
diamadi
+1
Level 52
Jan 19, 2018
Good quiz, thank you, though (being picky here, sorry!) I don't believe they all actually qualify as punctuation. Some (the tilde) are diacritical marks dealing with pronunciation and others are editing marks. But fun nonetheless!
Borgir
+1
Level 63
Jan 20, 2018
I tried "lira" first for the pound sign, as that is where the name comes from (hence the L-like shape) and it's also used for currencies named lira
Carry
+2
Level 63
Mar 15, 2019
In the Unicode standard, the symbol £ is called "pound sign" and the symbol ₤ "lira sign".
payel123
+1
Level 38
Mar 14, 2018
Why don't you include Dollars , Vertical bar , Brackets , Parentheses , percentage and Angle Brackets
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 88
Jun 17, 2018
I wrote "space" for the interrobang because that's all I see.
fish1
+1
Level 29
Sep 11, 2018
guillemets are also used in chinese. they're for names of books.
Sup2point0
+1
Level 15
Dec 13, 2018
AWESOME QUIZ! Didn't get the double pointy brackets.
azinyk
+1
Level 53
May 21, 2019
I know what an interrobang is, but I have to say that the symbol you have (at least in the font that my browser uses) doesn't look like an interrobang to me.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
This is extremely hard english not being my native tongue! In other quizzes it is only a slight problem but here it was tough, you usually don't come across these terms, atleast not written.

I mznaged to squeeze out 18 but dont ask me how.. period took me 4 tries! Point, dot, and misspelling... I ve never been sure about the spelling of comma in english. Question mark was really the only I entered without a shred of a doubt creeping up (wether it be spelling or if it was the official term for it or not.)

happily surprised to see paragraph work for pilcrow, really didnt think it would.

ow and it might be an obscure one for some (atleast here) but I knew ampersand for certain aswell :)

Sifhraven
+1
Level 65
Jun 11, 2019
Also got accent circumflex, "^", though we use accent circonflexe. Weird how it is both derived from french but spelled differently.
PatoPotato
+1
Level 49
Nov 7, 2019
Missed guillemet because I simply didn't know what it was.
Malbaby
+3
Level 71
Dec 12, 2020
Weak excuse
sumguy
+1
Level 83
Feb 8, 2020
Solidus and reverse solidus should be accepted for slash and backslash. Those are the official Unicode names for those characters (U+002F and U+005C).

In Unicode, the "Guillemet" (U+00AB) is called simply "LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK", but usually "double angle quote" is good enough.

bostjan
+1
Level 73
Feb 13, 2020
Guillemet simply means quotation mark. The two punctuation marks are completely interchangeable, although " is used primarily by English speakers.
Pandora49
+1
Level 55
Mar 12, 2020
Can you add the registered trademark symbol? (®)
GeoPhilia
+2
Level 57
May 19, 2020
Please also accept exclamatory mark
EcceHomo
+1
Level 76
Jul 13, 2020
Why?
Gwaur
+3
Level 40
Oct 21, 2020
It's weird that "curly brace" isn't accepted for {, but "curly bracket" then resolves to "brace".
sumguy
+1
Level 83
Mar 6, 2022
Indeed. You shouldn't be punished for being too specific.
Berticeman
+2
Level 30
Nov 21, 2020
Please accept exclamation mark it is what we call it here in Britain
JonOfKent
+1
Level 55
Nov 25, 2020
May we have "stroke" as a type-in for / please? Especially as "slash" is a bit of a neologism.
johnappleseed
+1
Level 49
Nov 28, 2020
i thought you write it apostrophy-
bozoclown
+1
Level 55
Dec 8, 2020
Interrobang sounds like a naughty film.
Nathaniel
+1
Level 71
Dec 11, 2020
You should accept "et" for ampersand, since it's actually a ligature of the two letters, which mean "and" in Latin.
partdavid
+1
Level 70
Aug 21, 2023
It's about the name of the mark, not its meaning. As an editor, you wouldn't tell your author "You should write out the word and here instead of using an et."
ooftownroad
+1
Level 56
Dec 11, 2020
yay only missed Pilcrow!
Malbaby
+1
Level 71
Dec 12, 2020
I remember 'Sergeant Pilcrow'
kfroog
+2
Level 40
Dec 12, 2020
I tried "french quote" for guillemet, thinking it was a fair description.
Bonzane
+2
Level 36
Mar 18, 2021
I typed "french quotation" and it worked for me
Caro101
+1
Level 37
Dec 29, 2020
Funny how I use most of these daily but still can't recall their names!
ThisOneNerd
+1
Level 60
Feb 12, 2021
What about * & ()?
EcceHomo
+1
Level 76
Mar 3, 2021
Dear QM, please re-name this quiz Punctuation, Diacritics and Typographical Symbols.
TheForsakenFurby
+1
Level 72
May 27, 2021
This whole time I thought that was just a cross. You're telling me it's a DAGGER!?

I guess it makes more sense why they use it for extinct species now :p

Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Nov 22, 2021
Was hoping for a backtick (`).
goofycritter
+1
Level 30
Nov 22, 2021
dagger looks like s cristian cross also I have never seen those
IkeLek
+2
Level 57
Jan 5, 2022
Why isn't "curly brace" accepted?
AyoMateyBadAtAll
+1
Level 59
Feb 15, 2022
as a french, i totally know what guillemet is
Jetpunkmaster000
+1
Level 44
Feb 23, 2022
I typed ampersand as and
Edpycho
+3
Level 54
Mar 2, 2022
Technically, many of these symbols are not "punctuation" marks.
CambodianQuizzer
+1
Level 61
Mar 2, 2022
Asterisk?
shape816
+2
Level 65
Mar 2, 2022
Interrobang sounds like a cop porn
Cordelia75
+3
Level 56
Mar 2, 2022
When I was a copy editor before widespread use of computers a forward slash was always called a virgule. According to Dictionary.com, “ Virgule definition, a short oblique stroke (/) between two words . . .”
TrueYaran
+1
Level 28
Mar 9, 2022
Never in my life have I seen an interrobang lol
MnGoblin
+1
Level 60
Jun 3, 2022
Can "Left brace" be accepted for Brace?
SoundWaves
+1
Level 31
Aug 9, 2022
Shouldn't "backward slash" be accepted for backslash?
hgost
+1
Level 36
Nov 30, 2022
surprisingly, i butchered the spelling of "elipse" and it accepted that spelling
PaulSteven
+1
Level 45
Dec 2, 2022
Whats the difference between dot and period ?
Athena14
+2
Level 20
Apr 2, 2023
Imagine typing "dot dot dot"...couldn't be me...
RabbitBoat
+2
Level 22
May 23, 2023
bro i wrote dot dot dot but it didnt work
Ampersandwich
+5
Level 42
Aug 10, 2023
The source of my username!
mooselikestoparty
+2
Level 55
Aug 18, 2023
23/24

on August 18th, 2023 I learned what a guillemet was

Aoto327
+1
Level 58
Aug 18, 2023
23/24, I only forgot caret.
Polandball6
+1
Level 30
Aug 20, 2023
Did you know the ampersand was once the 27th letter in the English Alphabet
Winnifred
+1
Level 48
Aug 20, 2023
I typed carot and got it lol
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