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- An iteration mark or "ditto mark" denoting the duplication of the word, words, sentence or paragraph above.
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Commonly used in lists, and frequently used in a chain spanning several items.
- In English this is called a ditto mark. In Mandarin it is called 同上符號/同上符号 (tóngshàng fúhào). In Japanese it is called ノノ点 (nonoten).
- Benjamin Drew (1871) “Punctuation”, in Hints and Helps for Those Who Write, Print, or Read, Boston, Mass.: Lee and Shepard, […]; New York, N.Y.: Charles T. Dillingham, page 95: “Two commas (usually turned) are often used instead of do. (ditto.)
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