<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Yes, that is correct. I use BaseSymbol 75 as the letter “E” in ASL, and I call BaseSymbol 74 an “Open E”.<div class=""><br class=""><div class="">

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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 31, 2022, at 3:23 PM, Ms. AnnaGrace <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM" class="">msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Adam,<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As an ASL teacher, would you recommend using the BaseSymbol 75 handshape instead of BaseSymbol 74 when producing the letter "E"? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I see a lot of new signers use #74, and I show them #75. </div><div class="">I recall these handshapes for the letter "E" were also mentioned in a Signing Naturally textbook. </div><div class="">(I posed a front/palm view of #74 for your reference:)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">AnnaGrace</div><div class=""><span id="cid:ii_l1fka3j91"><Screen Shot 2022-03-31 at 6.17.04 PM.png></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 2:30 PM Adam Frost <<a href="mailto:icemandeaf@gmail.com" class="">icemandeaf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class="">BaseSymbol 259 is similar to an “S” handshape (or a fist) except the knuckles are all raise. So I guess I could see why it would look close to an “E” in ASL.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The main difference is the thumb. In BaseSymbol 75, the fingers are on top of the crossed over thumb. In BaseSymbol 259, the thumb crosses over the fingers.</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">

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<div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 31, 2022, at 11:10 AM, Ms. AnnaGrace <<a href="mailto:msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank" class="">msannagrace20@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi Adam and all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Can you please tell me the difference between these two BaseSymbols, even if it is very slight? (See picture in this email.) </div><div class=""><span id="gmail-m_-1935162152374963636cid:ii_l1fb942t1" class=""><Screen Shot 2022-03-31 at 2.08.03 PM.png></span><br class=""></div>Thanks,<div class="">AnnaGrace<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div>

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