Meaning of eroteme | Babel Free

Definitions

A question mark.

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Examples

“1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 798, The value of the eroteme as a sign⟳ of pause, is stated very differently by different grammarians.... J.S. Hart avers, that, "A question⟳ is reckoned as equal to a complete⟳ sentence, and the mark⟳ of interrogation as equal to a period."”

“The note⟳ of interrogation or eroteme is used at the end⟳ of a sentence to designate (1) a single question⟳ or (2) more, and (3) is sometimes written in parentheses to express⟳ a doubt⟳ or challenge⟳ the accuracy of a statement.”

“On the typewriter keyboard, just below the question⟳ mark⟳ (the eroteme, note⟳ of interrogation, or uncertainty sign⟳), there appears a short, slanting stroke […]”

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