1
.=.
Full stop
2
:=:
Colon
3
;=;
Semi-colon
4
,=,
Comma
5
"="
Double quotes: begin and end quotes are distinguished by a space before
and after respectively
6
‘=‘
Single quotes (but not apostrophe) begin and end quotes are distinguished
by a space before and after respectively
7
?=?
Question-mark
8
!=!
Mark of exclamation
9
-=-
Minus when separated by spaces on either side, hyphen when not so
separated.
10 -- = --
Dash
11 % = %
Per cent
12 & = &
(and)
13 ( = (
Left brace
14 ) = )
Right brace
15 + = +
Plus
16 / = /
Slash, oblique
17 [ = [
Left bracket
18 ] = ]
Right bracket
19 @ = @
At ( the rate of)
20 = = =
Equals
21 Space
= space
22 > = >
23 < = <
24 x = x
into (represents ‘multiplied by’ when separated by spaces)
25  =
grammatically marked (always follows the word)
26
sentence initial capital
=
27 * =
Word initial capital. (N.B. both * occur when word initial capital coincides
with sentence initial capital)
28 £ =
begin non English word
29 $ =
new paragraph or new line
Compound Coding:
*’
=
apostrophe
**<
=
begin major heading
**>
=
end major heading
*<
=
begin minor heading
*>
=
end minor heading
*@
=
IBM ASCII 248 (degree symbol)
*+
=
£ (pound)
*-
=
$ (dollar)
*/
=
* (asterisk)
*#
=
end of corpus text
**#
=
end of corpus
*?
=
uncoded character (see below)
**[
=
begin comment tag
**]
=
end comment tag
*=
=
upper case Roman numeral
**=
=
lower case Roman numeral
*;
=
begin subscript
**;
=
end subscript
*:
=
begin superscript
**:
= end superscript
*(
= begin hybrid word/expression
*)
= end hybrid expression
\0
= abbreviations. Sequence of abbreviations or initials are enclosed in *(0 *)
*
= Included sentence
*%
= %o (per thousand)
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