English Grammar for the Utterly Confused - Laurie Rozakis 2003

Slashes
Chapter 10 Punctuation
Part 4 A Writers Tools

This is a slash (/).

1. Use slashes to separate lines of poetry. Leave a space before and after the slash to show when the line of poetry ends.

As written:

The band, as fairy legends say,

Was wove on that creating day,

When He, who called with thought to birth

Yon tented sky, this laughing earth.

In running text:

The band, as fairy legends say, / Was wove on that creating day, / When He, who called with thought to birth / Yon tented sky, this laughing earth.

2. Use slashes to show choice.

Devon broke the on/off switch on the toaster.

3. Use slashes in numerical fractions or formulas.

1/2

¾