What is it called when you use quotation marks to signify repeating a word or phrase? [duplicate]
For example, let's say I'm copying instructions by hand. The original instructions say:
- Multiply the first by the second
- Integrate the third with the fourth
- Integrate the third with the fifth
And on a page I write:
- Multiply the first by the second
- Integrate the third with the fourth
- "" with the fifth
I know this example is silly, but hopefully it's clear what I mean.
What is this called?
Solution 1:
They are ditto marks.
ditto stems from the Tuscan dialect of the Italian detto - 'said'; Latin dictus - 'said'.
Oxford Dictionaries Online.