10 Underused Punctuation Marks That Are Worth Using

10 Underused Punctuation Marks That Are Worth Using


The ampersand, which you can enter by pressing Shift + 7, is a punctuation and typographical mark that represents the word "and." Add the asterix punctuation to the end of a sentence, for which you can introduce a footnote at the bottom of the document with an asterix mark. [Editor's note: The symbol in the header above is a star (with 5 points), not an asterisk (with 6 points); unfortunately, our site's heading font does not appear to include the asterisk, though it appears correctly in the body copy above.]

Author: Matthew Adams


Published at: 2026-01-06 23:49:08

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