Ditto mark
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Ditto mark | |
| In Unicode | U+0027 ' APOSTROPHE (×2) U+0022 " QUOTATION MARK U+201D ” RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK U+3003 〃 DITTO MARK (CJK character) |
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| Different from | U+2033 ″ DOUBLE PRIME |
The ditto mark is a shorthand sign, used mostly in hand-written text, indicating that the words or figures above it are to be repeated.
The mark is made using "a pair of apostrophes"; "a pair of marks " used underneath a word"; the symbol " (quotation mark); or the symbol ” (right double quotation mark).
In the following example, the second line reads "Blue pens, box of twenty".
Black pens, box of twenty ... $2.10 Blue " " " " ... $2.35