The sign (') used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters, as in o'er, thro', can't; and as a sign of the modern English genitive or…
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| 释义 | society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > omission marks (8) apostrophe1598 The sign (') used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters, as in o'er, thro', can't; and as a sign of the modern English genitive or… caret1710 A mark (‸) placed in writing below the line, to indicate that something (written above or in the margin) has been omitted in that place. eclipsis1727 (See quot. 1727) Obsolete. break1733 An interruption of continuity. Marks [– – –] employed in print or writing to indicate abrupt pauses. dash1733 A stroke or line (usually short and straight) made with a pen or the like, or resembling one so made… A horizontal stroke of varying length (-, —… blank1773 A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word. Thus, —— —— Esq. of —— Hall, read Blank Blank Esquire of Blank Hall. Cf. dash, n.1 ellipsis1795 Formerly used as the name of the dash (—) employed in writing or printing to indicate the omission of letters in a word. Obsolete. tilde1959 Palaeography and Early Printing. The diacritic mark ˜ placed above a letter to indicate contraction of a following n or m. |
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