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This has been answered elsewhere. That person thought there were 14; you are both wrong. , comma . period ; semi-colon : colon ? question mark ! exclamation mark ' apostrophe - hyphen -- Dash (that is not what a real dash looks like blame wikianswers) ( open parenthesis ) close parenthesis " double quotation mark ' single quotation mark [ open square bracket ] close square bracket { open brace } close brace < open chevron or angle bracket > close chevron or angle bracket / foreward slash \ back slash solidus (you will not find this on your, or my, keyboard. It looks like a foreward slash only less verticle it is more close to a 45 degree angle) . dot (as found in an abbreviation) ... ellipses That makes 24. You could say more as there are several kinds of dashes (4). Even if you count all opens and closes as one you still have 20.

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