This section contains information regarding some peculiarities of punctuation rules in various languages and also a table with interpretation of Roman numerals.
Delimiters in Numerals
Language | Class Delimiter | Decimal Digit Delimiter |
Russian | 2 pt. spacing | comma (,) |
English | comma (,) | full stop (.) |
Italian | 2 pt. spacing | comma (,) |
German | 2 pt. spacing | full stop (.) |
French | 2 pt. spacing | full stop (.) |
Space before and after Signs/Marks
Sign/Mark | : | ; | ! | ? | ||||
Language | space before | space after | space before | space after | space before | space after | space before | space after |
Russian | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
English | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Italian | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
German | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
French | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Quotation Marks
Language | Type of Quotation Marks | Alt Code |
Russian | «………» | 0171 ........ 0187 |
English | “………” | 0147 ........ 0148 |
Italian | «………» | 0171 ........ 0187 |
German | »………« | 0132 ........ 0147 |
French | «………» | 0171 ........ 0187 |
Roman and Arabic Numerals
I | 1 | XX | 20 | CC | 200 | MDC | 1600 |
II | 2 | XXX | 30 | CCC | 300 | MDCC | 1700 |
III | 3 | XL | 40 | CD | 400 | MDCCC | 1800 |
IV | 4 | L | 50 | D | 500 | MCM | 1900 |
V | 5 | LX | 60 | DC | 600 | MM | 2000 |
VI | 6 | LXX | 70 | DCC | 700 | MMD | 2500 |
VII | 7 | LXXX | 80 | DCCC | 800 | MMM | 3000 |
VIII | 8 | XC | 90 | CM | 900 | MV | 4000 |
IX | 9 | C | 100 | M | 1000 | V | 5000 |
X | 10 | CL | 150 | MD | 1500 |