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I am working on a linguistic thesis and use the gb4e package to number my examples. I have been taught that semantically incorrect examples should be marked by a hash sign in front of them, so I am sure it will be accepted in my university department.

However, I get an error message that says

"Illegal parameter number in definition of \@itemlabel."

when I try to use the hash sign. How can I fix this?

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{gb4e}
\begin{document}

Oft-cited example by Noam Chomsky:

\begin{exe}
\ex
    \begin{xlist}
    \ex[??] {Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.} % This is allowed by gb4e.
    \ex[#] {Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.} % This one yields an error.
    \end{xlist}
\end{exe}

\end{document}
Sigur
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The solution in Sigur's comment above is working for me:

Use \# to print the symbol. It is an internal command (as %,{,},\,_,^ also).

user247824
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