Unit 11.1
The Slash
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Introduction
The slash is a punctuation mark consisting of an oblique line.
Form
Here you can see the symbol used to indicate the slash, formed by an oblique line: /
Example
- “or”
- Dear Sir/Madam
- I will eat fish and/or meat
- No matter what you say/do
- “per”
- 100 km/h
- 20 eur/kg
- 3 £/dozen
- fractions
- 3/4
- 1/2
- 2/3
- abbreviations
- w/o (without)
- n/a (not applicable, not available)
- a/c (account)
- dates
- 13/04/1996
- 05/19
- 15/07/1998
- computer adresses
- example.com/english/level.com
- file:///Users/windows/file/photos/image.jpg
- funandsmile/example/english.es
Use
We use the slash:
- to substitute “or”
- to substitute “per”
- for fractions
- in certain abbreviations
- in the shortened form of dates
- in website addresses and computer systems
Related
In English, besides The Slash, we have Symbols, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon and Semicolon.
- At level A2, we also have Dot, Question Mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon and Semicolon.
- At level B1, we also have Dot, Question marks, Exclamation marks, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.
- At level B2, we also have Dot, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Colon, Semicolon and Ellipsis.
Exercises
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