What do ditto marks look like

New Word List Word List. Save This Word! Often ditto marks. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Words nearby ditto mark Dittersdorf , ditto , dittograph , dittography , Ditto machine , ditto mark , Dittrich's plug , ditty , ditty bag , ditty box , ditz. Basic purpose and usage is same i. Running late but have to making a long list of chores to write down for your own self or your kids or your partner or your maid before you leave the home? Use ditto marks to avoid repeating unnecessary words. Typing down meeting minutes?

People speaking too quickly before you can even write their utterances down? Employ ditto marks to save time and to cope up with their speech.

Thus, the ditto mark is certainly a practical symbol to know of. Add a comment. Tobi Tobi You can edit the German Wiki as to the statement that the ditto mark is only used in CJK languages is incorrect. In general it is good advice to repeat the words. From the Oxford Guide Repeat information rather than use ditto marks.

The mark also changes based on context. Your TikZ solution looks good though: — Yiannis Lazarides. YiannisLazarides: Thanks :- Do you mean that the german Wikipedia is wrong?

Other languages might use the quotation marks instead. I don't speak German, but the way you explain it indicates that the statement in the Wiki is wrong.

Perhaps if you can expand it a bit in the wiki with a longer explanation. It is always good for one's soul to contribute to Wikipedia: — Yiannis Lazarides. Of course ditto marks are used in many places, but for some reason the only Ditto mark encoded in Unicode is the one for CJK. Instead one can use some combination of quotation marks and dashes. Show 5 more comments. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name.

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