Getting my .resx file commented out after a semicolon

Hello, I've been following https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-forms/localization/ in order implement localization and I have been stuck at a point where encoded values comment out the rest of my resx file. The sequence of encoded values are: : ; < > \" & \ % inside a values tag. It would look something like

<data name="userIdError" xml:space="preserve">
      <value>User ID can\'t contain spaces, or any of these special characters: (&#58; &#59; &lt; &gt; \&quot; &amp; \\ &#37; )</value>
    </data>

I have tried using their respective encoded values, : ; < > \" & \ %, and I would still get the file commented out after the semicolon. What should I do in this situation?

Thank you