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10.1.1Use the alphabetic wordsign when the word it represents is "standing alone". Refer to: Section 2.6, Terminology and General Rules, for the
definition of "standing alone". | |
10.1.2Use the alphabetic wordsign when the word it represents is followed
by an apostrophe with the following letters: d, ll, re, s, t, ve,
provided the resulting word is standing alone. | |
10.1.3Preferably do not use the alphabetic wordsign when it is known, or
can be determined from the text, or by reference to a standard dictionary, that the letters the wordsign represents are pronounced
separately as in an acronym or abbreviation. | |
10.1.4Do not use the alphabetic wordsign for a syllable of a word shown in
syllables. | |
10.2.1Use the strong wordsign when the word it represents is "standing alone".
Refer to: Section 2.6, Terminology and General Rules, for the
definition of "standing alone". | |
10.2.2Use the strong wordsign when the word it represents is followed by
an apostrophe with the following letters: d, ll, re, s, t, ve,
provided that the resulting word is standing alone. | |
10.3.1Use the strong contraction wherever the letters it represents occur
unless other rules limit its use. | |
10.4.1Use the strong groupsign wherever the letters it represents occur
unless other rules limit its use. | |
10.4.2When the use of a strong groupsign for "ch", "sh", "th", "wh", "ou" or "st" would be misread as a word, braille the letters individually. Refer to: Section 10.2, for further explanation about using these
signs to represent words. | |
10.4.3Use the strong groupsign for "ing" wherever the letters it represents occur except at the beginning of a word. Note: The beginning of a word is defined as the letters-sequence
which follows a space, hyphen or dash and which may be preceded
by the punctuation and indicator symbols listed in Section 2.6.2,
Terminology and General Rules. | |