Punctuation Function in Phonetic English
 
Symbol Punctuation__ Function in P.E.____ Arithmetic _____ Editting
'
apostrophe silent letter² derivative


;
semicolon
length mark ( ː )
with vowels
series with commas
; semicolon u,i alternate form of h
with consonants


^
circumflex shifted macron ( ¯ ) exponent insert
/
forward slash liaison (linguistics)
division

//
double slash feminine double reciprocal
*
asterisk vowel multiplication omission, referance
-
hyphen separate morpheme subtraction
+



compound syllable
esp. w,y in word
addition
=
(un)voiced transfer equals
`
grave accent
`s forms possessive




² except after e, the silent consonant is kept with a strikethrough to denote silence