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I am also finding an underscore in my work with a statistics book. The underscore appears in variables expressed as words, and seems to be used as a connecting hyphen would be used but since a hyphen looks like a minus sign, the underscore is being used instead. I have attached a sample where 16_21 means "sixteen through twenty-one." How can I braille an underscore in this context?
edited by Lindy on 7/31/2013If the meaning is clear without the arrows and I omit them, am I required to include a transcriber's note?
I have to admit I have some confusion about the whole Cartesian graph thing. The first example is obviously a Cartesian graph and needs no numeric indicator on the axes values. If you could give me a day, I will check with someone who is more knowledgeable about math things, just to be sure.
If you believe that the arrows are necessary to the understanding of what is being demonstrated, I would spur lead lines without arrowheads. The Nemeth arrow symbols are not to be used for pointing.
If you are sure those are both decimals -- neither one is a period -- then you must follow section 177. The multipurpose indicator must be used after the decimal point to indicate that the symbol that follows it is not numeric. So the dot 5 should be between the decimal point and the following letter. The second dot 5 would precede the decimal point between the D and the 1 to indicate that the decimal 1 is not a subscript. An update to the Nemeth Code states that letters in abbreviations that are a mix of numbers and letters should be capitalized individually.
[braille],s.",i,d".1Hi Julie. You need the ELI since K is a single letter abbreviation not followed by a period. Because K is an abbreviation, you should follow section 9f: The numeric indicator must be used after a hyphen when the hyphen follows a word, an abbreviation, or a mark of punctuation. Their examples include U-238 where the U is an abbreviation for Uranium (I guess)and the code book shows the use of both the ELI and the numeric indicator.
Dorothy, thanks again for your help. I have another question on the same topic. I've just received the next workbook in the same series as previously discussed. 8th grade, with no accompanying textbook, so I can only go by context of each page in the workbook. In this next workbook in the series, the first page shows a number line with the same raised minus sign to look like a superscript. But it is obviously a minus. Now I think this publisher is printing all the minus signs in a raised position. I have attached the page with the number line.
I have already sent the 1st workbook out with the raised minus signs transcribed as superscripts. I am really frustrated and I know the student will be confused. Please give me you best advice on how to proceed.You are correct. Those minuses are superscript -- don't forget the dot 5 baseline indicator between the minus sign and the digit that follows the superscript.
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I think your tn could handle the shaded area by stating that is omitted and that the 3rd column is offset to represent the intervals between each entry in the first column. Otherwise, your table looks ok. The expression at the end of the third column heading is a delta d -- not triangle d.
