Ditto Mark
In English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Czech and Polish lists, the ditto mark (〃) represents a word repeated from the equivalent position in the line above it. For example:
- Dos kilos de lechuga
- Tres 〃 〃 tomate
- Cuatro 〃 〃 cebolla
- Un kilo 〃 zanahoria
This is common in handwriting but is not used in formal writing
The convention in Polish and Czech is to use the ditto sign together with em-dashes, for example:
- Dwa kilogramy pomidorów
- Trzy —〃— cebuli
- Cztery —〃— ziemniaków
In Swiss-German the symbol » is used. In other Germanophone countries the symbol is „.
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