Keyboard and Punctuation Symbols

   

   

   ~         = tilda

   @        = at                                                                            e.g.:
   info@business.com – read as: info at business dot com

   #         = hatch(mark)                                                           used in US
   before numbers: #15 – read as: number fifteen

   ^          = carrot

   &         = and

   *          = asterisk

   {}         = braces

   ( )        = parentheses                                                            sg.:
   parenthesis

   [ ]        = (square) brackets

   “ ”       = GB: quotation marks, US: inverted commas

   ’           = apostrophe

   :           = colon

   ;           = semicolon

   ,           = comma

   .           = GB: fullstop, US: period; outside a text: dot              e.g. in a web
   address: www.cd.cz

   ?          = question mark

   !           = GB: exclamation mark, US: exclamation point

   -           = hyphen (spojovník)                                                e.g.: for
   splitting up a word, no spaces around it

   –          = dash (pomlčka)                                                      e.g.: similar
   function to a colon, spaces from right and left

   \          = backslash

   /          = slash or stroke

   ¨           = umlaut

   ®         = registered trademark

   ©         = copyright

   %         = per cent

   ‰        = per mille

   +         = plus                                                                        math
   operation: addition

   -           = minus                                                                     math
   operation: subtraction

   ×         = times                                                                      math
   operation: multiplication

   ÷         = divided by                                                              math
   operation: division

   =         = equals or is