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Asterisk ( * )

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Brackets ( ( ) ) ( ) ( { } ) ( 〈 〉 )

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Ellipsis (...)

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Slash/Solidus ( / ) and backslash ( \ )

Forward slashes are used to indicate alternatives, connect words, and form abbreviations. For example, black/white, either/or, w/o (without).

Slashes are also used in technical English, especially on the Internet to denote files within different folders on a server.

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Other marks

; ampersand ( & ) : a substitute for the word 'and'. Most common in signs, titles, and informal writing.

; asterism ( ⁂ ) :

; at sign ( @ ) : used on the Internet for email addresses and often used in informal language to represent 'at'.

; bullet ( •, more ) : used to mark items in lists

; caret ( ^ ) :

; currency ( ¤ ) :

; dagger ( † ‡ ) : commonly used to mark footnotes (along with the asterisk)

; degree sign ( ° ) : marks several different units: arc degrees, temperature degrees, and (rarely) hours of time. Different from the masculine ordinal indicator, used to abbreviate ordinal numbers in some languages

; interrobang ( ‽ ) : A superimposed exclamation point and question mark, sometimes used in place of !? to denote a surprised question.

; number sign ( # ) : used in American English preceding ordinal numbers

; percent and related signs ( % ) ( ‰ ) ( ‱ ) :

; pilcrow ( ¶ ) : occasionally used to mark a new paragraph, in place of the usual line break and tab. In publications a decorative pilcrow is sometimes seen.

; prime ( ′ ) :

; section sign ( § ) :

; spaces ( ) (   ) (   ) :

; tilde ( ~ ) :

; umlaut/diaresis ( ¨ ) :

; underscore/understrike ( _ ) :

; vertical line/pipe/broken bar ( | ) ( ¦ ) :