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A looping stroke swapping two adjacent letters or words.
Also known as: Swap mark, Squiggle around two letters
An S-shaped loop drawn around two elements, with 'trs' in the margin. It swaps them — the correction for the commonest kind of typing error, and one of the few marks whose form directly depicts what it does.
A looping stroke enclosing two adjacent characters, words or lines, instructing that their order be reversed, with 'trs' written in the margin.
One of the few marks whose shape depicts its action: the stroke passes over one element and under the other, tracing the exchange.
An S-shaped or figure-of-eight stroke curving over one element and under the next, drawn around two adjacent letters or words.