Unit 11.1
The Slash
Introduction
The slash is an oblique line. It is a punctuation mark.
Form
Here you can see the symbol used to indicate the slash: /
Example
1. to indicate “or”
- Dear Sir/Madam
- I will eat fish and/or meat
- No matter what you say/do
2. for fractions
- 3/4
- 1/2
- 2/3
3. to indicate “per”
- 100 km/h
- 20 eur/kg
- 3 £/dozen
4. in certain abbreviations
- w/o (without)
- n/a (not applicable, not available)
- a/c (account)
5. in dates
- 13/04/1996
- 05/19
- 15/07/1998
6. in website addresses and computer systems
- example.com/english/level.com
- file:///Users/windows/file/photos/image.jpg
- funandsmile/example/english.es
Use
- to indicate “or”
- for fractions
- to indicate “per”
- in certain abbreviations
- in dates
- in website addresses and computer systems
Exercises
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